United Sections judgement of the Italian Court of Cassation on disciplinary dismissals

Article 18 of the Italian Workers’ Charter (Statuto dei Lavoratori), which regulates the consequences against wrongful dismissals, does not expressly govern the case when time passes between the employer becoming aware of the act committed by a worker and the sending of the letter containing the disciplinary complaint regarding such act, as well as the case when the employer has not complied with the period provided for by the collective agreement within which the disciplinary measure must be taken.