Politics · Italy · 17 hrs ago
Italy’s top court upholds dismissal of worker who lifted 80 kg while on sick leave
Italy’s Court of Cassation upheld a worker’s dismissal after he trained with heavy weights while on sick leave.
The worker’s sick leave came with limits on lifting loads.
He was found lifting weights of up to 80 kg at a gym.
The court’s ruling confirms that the dismissal was legitimate in this case.
The case concerns what a worker may do while absent from work because of illness.
The ruling does not give further details about the worker’s condition or what happens next.
Italy’s Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a worker who lifted weights of up to 80 kilograms while on sick leave.
The ruling is identified as order 28515/2026.
The worker was on medical leave with restrictions on lifting loads.
The case concerned whether exercising with heavy weights was compatible with the worker’s sick leave.
- Who
- An employee on sick leave and the employer who dismissed him.
- What
- Italy’s Supreme Court upheld the employee’s dismissal after he lifted weights of up to 80 kilograms.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- Italy.
- Why
- The ruling concerned the employee lifting heavy weights while on sick leave with restrictions on lifting loads.
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- Court
- Italy’s Supreme Court (Cassazione)
- Order
- 28515/2026
- Weight lifted
- Up to 80 kilograms
- Medical status
- Sick leave with restrictions on lifting loads