Legitimacy and consequences of random checks in the employment relationship

A recent ruling by the Court of Turin overturns the thesis of a dismissed employee, who claimed to be continuously monitored by his superiors in his activity of verifying the work contracted out, with the consequent lateness and unfoundedness of his immediate #dismissal (motivated by the payment of large undue sums to some contractors and subcontractors).At the end of a truly complex testimonial test, the sentence ascertains that the employee…

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The collective contractual typification of just cause

The Court of Cassation, in sentence no. 10056 published today, 14 April 2023, once again reiterates a principle that must be kept in mind in negotiations aimed at the renewal of collective agreements: if a behavior is included among the infractions that the collective agreement punishes with dismissal for just cause, the provision is not binding the Judge, who remains free to evaluate whether, despite the "scale of values formulated…

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