In this essay, the author comments on the recent judgment by the
Constitutional Court that partly overruled the regulation of unfair dismissal
established by the legislative decree no. 23/2015, namely, the provision
that states a rigid and automatic predetermination of the flat-rate
compensation due to the worker in case of dismissal without justified
reasons. The author critically analyses the Court's arguments relating to
the unequal treatment of workers by reason of the date of their recruitment.
She considers that, contrary to the Court's opinion, there is a conflict
between the remedy provided for the workers to whom the decree
applies and the constitutional principle of equality, as well as with the
principle of the necessary adequacy of remedies established in the European
Social Charter.