Publications

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 ....

With judgment no. 43873 of November 24, 2025, the Italian Supreme Court – Labor Division – confirmed the legitimacy of a dismissal for just cause imposed on an employee on the basis of GPS data collected from the company car, reiterating that such monitoring activities are admissible when they are aimed at verifying unlawful conduct.  In the case at hand, the ....

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, ....