Case Law

Court of Cassation, with sentence no. 2639 of November 26, 2013, stated that the dismissal of an employee that set up a program to download music and movies for free in the company laptop is unlawful.

Court of Cassation, with sentence no. 26143 filed on November 21, stated that the recording of colleagues’ conversations, unknown to them, is a reason justifying dismissal, though the recording was aimed at proving “mobbing”.

The Court of Cassation, with sentence no. 24259 of October 28, stated that the outsourcing of the most qualified activities of a service, in case of employee’s refusal to be seconded to the external company or to perform a different task corresponding to his/her job position, is able to legitimize the dismissal if alternative positions suitable for him/her in the same company do not exist.

Una cassiera del supermarket perde il lavoro perché si porta a casa i premi previsti per i clienti. Il licenziamento è legittimo, ha confermato la Corte di Cassazione, sezione lavoro, con sentenza n. 24588/13, respingendo le osservazioni della lavoratrice la quale aveva contestato la mancata esposizione, nel luogo di lavoro, del codice disciplinare.

Court of Cassation, with sentence no. 20913 of September 12, 2013, stated that technical, organizational and productive reasons justifying the transfer of the employee must be described in detail and must not be generic.