Looking to Rub One Out on Your Lunch Break? Move to Italy!

The Italians continue to put us to shame with their progressive attitude toward sex and pornography. The nation's highest court this week ruled that an employer cannot fire an employee who watches pornography on their lunch break. I would imagine that it's likely frowned upon if Giuseppe whips it out in the cafeteria, but this is a huge step forward for fans of watching porn at work on their lunch breaks.

According to XBIZ (link below), this wasn't just some two bit pizza parlor that fired a man for watching porn, but rather car company FIAT.

(T)he Supreme Court of Cassation rejected an appeal from FIAT, the man’s employer who terminated him, according to Live Sicilia.

The worker, known as Joseph Z, had argued that his viewing was limited to merely “catching a glimpse” of sexually explicit DVDs during his lunch break at the factory in Termini Imerese, a town near Palermo in Sicily.

Joseph Z originally lost his case at a district court five years ago, but won the next round at Palermo’s court of appeal. FIAT appealed.

Today, a high court agreed with the appeals court and found FIAT liable for the unlawful termination.

"In Italy, it is extremely difficult to terminate someone. Italian employment law heavily favors the employee, said adult industry attorney Marc Randazza, of Randazza Legal Group, who has an advanced legal degree from Italy and a collaborating office in Turin, Italy. 

"However, in the same supreme court session, the Italian high court confirmed that FIAT— the same employer — could fire a worker for smoking weed at work," Randazza told XBIZ.

So there you have it folks. Don't smoke a joint on your lunch break, but enjoy all the DVDA scenes you can get your hands on in an hour.

Via XBIZ