{"id":23215,"date":"2018-11-28T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delucapartners.it\/news\/do-you-know-that-the-operative-part-of-the-judgment-ruling-that-increasing-severance-indemnity-is-constitutionally-unlawful-has-now-been-issued\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:11:17","slug":"do-you-know-that-the-operative-part-of-the-judgment-ruling-that-increasing-severance-indemnity-is-constitutionally-unlawful-has-now-been-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delucapartners.it\/en\/insights\/lo-sai-che\/do-you-know-that-the-operative-part-of-the-judgment-ruling-that-increasing-severance-indemnity-is-constitutionally-unlawful-has-now-been-issued\/","title":{"rendered":"DO YOU KNOW THAT&#8230; the operative part of the judgment ruling that \u201cincreasing severance indemnity\u201d is constitutionally unlawful has now been issued?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the operative part of <strong>judgment 194\/2018<\/strong> issued on 8 November 2018, the Constitutional Court has ruled that art. 3, paragraph 1, of Legislative Decree 23\/2015 (governing open-ended employment contracts with increasing protections) is constitutionally unlawful when it links the <strong>amount of severance<\/strong> indemnity (for that part not modified by the Dignity Decree) payable to an employee who is dismissed without cause only to that employee\u2019s length of service. According to the Constitutional Court, this method of quantification \u201cimplies\u201d that severance indemnity is rigid, having the characteristics of a \u201cstandardised, flat rate legal severance payment\u201d. In particular, for the Constitutional Court, the provision in question is contrary to the principles of equality and reasonableness and in conflict with employment laws and protections. 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