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By Order No. 15987 of 2025, the Italian Supreme Court – Labour Section – reaffirmed the strict application of Article 1335 of the Civil Code, establishing that the presumption of knowledge of “legal notices” (i.e. “atti recettizi”) cannot be rebutted by subjective obstacles, even when the recipient is in a vulnerable physical or mental condition ....

In its judgment No. 19985 of 7 May 2025, the Italian Supreme Court (i.e. “Corte di Cassazione”) upheld the legitimacy of a dismissal for just cause issued to an employee who, in performing his duties as a cashier, had committed repeated accounting irregularities. These mainly involved the failure to register sales transactions and the omission ....

Legislative Decree No. 23/2015 survived the recent referendum on June 8 and 9, which, with a turnout of 30.6 percent, did not reach a quorum. The result is not surprising, but the repeal of Legislative Decree No. 23/2015 would, in any case, have been of little consequence from the point of view of the protections ....

In the very recent ruling No. 11344 of April 30, 2025, the Supreme Court clarified that judicial proceedings introduced under the so-called Fornero Rite before February 28, 2023 continue to be governed, even in the appeal stages, by the provisions dictated by the same rite, although the same was repealed by the so-called Cartabia Reform. ....

“Employers may not geolocate employees working remotely.” This was the position expressed by the Italian Data Protection Authority (i.e. “Garante per la protezione dei dati personali”), which imposed a €50,000 fine on a company that tracked the geographic location of randomly selected employees on days they were performing their duties remotely.  The case  The Authority’s ....