Reversing a decision handed down by the Rome Court of Appeals, the Italian Court of Cassation has ruled in favor of Sara Gasviner, an Egyptian Jewess, seeking employment indemnity from an Italian concern which had discharged her.
The trial centered on a complaint by the Jewess against the Italian photographic concern of A. Vigano, in whose employ she had been for 12 years. In conformity with the Italian royal decree of Nov. 17, 1938, ordering all foreign Jews to leave the Kingdom of Italy by March 12, 1939, the concern discharged the woman several days before the deadline.
Upon being discharged, Gasviner requested the indemnity legally due all discharged employees, based on the number of years of service. The company, however, refused the request on the grounds that she had been discharged against the will of the employer, who acted as a result of the decree, and therefore should not pay the indemnity.
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