The Court of Rome, with judgment no. 9135 of 19 November 2025, addresses one of the most debated issues of our time: the impact of artificial intelligence on employment.
According to the judges, replacing an employee with an AI system may justify a dismissal for justified objective reason, provided that the traditional principles of labour law are respected: an economic and financial crisis, a causal link between the reorganization and the dismissal, and the impossibility of redeployment (repêchage).
The decision clarifies that the adoption of algorithmic technologies does not introduce a special legal regime, but rather falls within the existing regulatory framework, which continues to serve as the benchmark for assessing the lawfulness of employers’ decisions.
This represents a first significant judicial precedent, opening the door to new reflections on the balance between technological innovation and employment protection.
To learn more, an in-depth article by Gaspare Roma and Ilaria Uletto is available on NT+ Diritto by Il Sole 24 Ore.