Palermo, Iacp to compensate former general manager Pupillo unfairly dismissed

Last Updated: May 17, 2024

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The labor judge of the court of Palermo has sentenced the Iacp (Autonomous Institute of Public Housing) to pay 32 thousand euros to the former general director of the entity, Vincenzo Pupillo, whose contract had been terminated a year before the expiration. Lawyer Rita Parlato, who defended the executive, has demonstrated that the Iacp did not respect the agreement, which provided that Pupillo could only be removed in case of violation of the obligations of correctness and good faith, for “organizational and managerial reasons” or in the presence of “negative results on operational performance and organizational behavior”. Pupillo, however, had a positive evaluation with a score of 85 out of 100.

According to the judge, the situation “constitutes the elements of a contractual breach”. Therefore, the dismissal was illegitimate. The petitioner requested a higher amount as compensation, but the judge did not consider that he suffered damage to his image and a career setback.