{"id":31358,"date":"2026-03-25T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bacciardipartners.it\/?p=31358"},"modified":"2026-03-24T17:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:47:16","slug":"artificial-intelligence-and-dismissal-for-justified-objective-reason-the-rome-courts-landmark-judgment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bacciardipartners.it\/en\/artificial-intelligence-and-dismissal-for-justified-objective-reason-the-rome-courts-landmark-judgment\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial Intelligence and dismissal for justified objective reason: the Rome court\u2019s \u201clandmark\u201d judgment"},"content":{"rendered":"

By the Labour Law Department<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"IntelligenzaWith judgment No. 9135 of 19 November 2025, the Rome Court \u2013 Labour Section directly addressed an issue that is set to become increasingly central to corporate organisational choices: the lawfulness of dismissal when job duties are absorbed by artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n

This is one of the first Italian decisions to deal expressly with the replacement of human activities by AI systems in the context of a corporate restructuring.<\/p>\n

Against the background of this ruling, let us examine what entrepreneurs and HR managers really need to know.<\/p>\n

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The case: not \u201cinnovation for fashion\u2019s sake\u201d, but genuine restructuring<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The decision concerns the dismissal for justified objective reason of an employee whose duties (marketing and design) had been automated through artificial intelligence tools.<\/p>\n

The decisive point, however, was not the use of AI in itself.<\/p>\n

The Court found that the company was facing:<\/p>\n