Publications

“The images collected through audiovisual systems may be used for disciplinary purposes only if all the conditions laid down by Article 4 of the Italian Workers’ Statute are met and provided that neither the law nor collective bargaining agreements limit such use; where a collective agreement provides for a clause on inadmissibility, that restriction remains fully effective even ....

Judgment no. 26170 of 25 September 2025, issued by the Italian Supreme Court – Labor Division – falls within a well-established line of case law concerning co-employment (i.e. “codatorialità”) within corporate groups. With this ruling, the Court reiterates the principles for identifying a single employer within multiple formally distinct companies that are nonetheless linked by an economic and functional connection. The decision ....

The use of geolocation tools may be considered lawful when the monitoring is targeted, proportionate, and aimed at verifying unlawful conduct. With judgment no. 30821 of 24 November 2025, the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation, Labour Section, upheld the lawfulness of a dismissal for just cause imposed on an employee on the basis of evidence ....

In judgment no. 28367 of 27 October 2025, the Court of Cassation – Labour Section – upheld the legitimacy of the summary dismissal imposed on an employee who, outside working hours, had engaged in sporting activities that were inconsistent with the medical prescriptions limiting his physical fitness for the performance of certain duties. In the ....

In its judgment no. 500/2025, the Court of Appeal of Bologna, on 13 October 2025, provides an important analysis of the principles governing challenges to multiple dismissals served on the same employee, with a specific focus on the distinction between “subsequent” and “simultaneous” dismissals and the resulting procedural implications. The Court, upholding the first-instance decision, ....