The Court of Cosenza sanctioned a principle destined to do jurisprudence: even those who work at night in the hospitals has the right to meal voucherlike the colleagues engaged in daytime shifts. The cause, supported by Nursing up unionled to the recognition of the right to the voucher for each working shift greater than Six hoursregardless of the time. There judgment He also ordered a compensation over 48,000 euros for the workers involved, in addition to legal interests And monetary revaluationas a refreshment for years of systematic disavowal of law. The figure is destined to increase.
The judge said that the meal vouchereven if provided in a substitute form of the canteen servicerepresents one assistance tool to protect the Health of workers. His denial, in case of shifts over six hours, constitutes one violation of the contractual obligations and of theArticle 2087 of the Civil Code.
“A pronounce clear, which nails responsibilities and does justice For years of omissions – said the national president Antonio De Palma -. Today a court gives voice to those who watch the night in the departments. THE rights they do not ask themselves on their knees: they conquer themselves with the law and defend themselves with determination».
Nursing up is already committed to extending theaction On a national scale: numerous advanced phase are in advance judicial initiatives similar in other regions. There sentence of Cosenza It is considered only the first of a long series destined to do history.