Violation of the principle of equal pay and compensation for moral damages

Commentary on Supreme Court ruling 930/2025, of 15 October

Abstract

Pay discrimination is once again under review and prosecution by the Supreme Court in a case where the appellant has formalized an employment contract within the framework of a SEPE call aimed at hiring unemployed workers to carry out works and services of general interest and the IV Collective Agreement for the Labor Personnel of the General State Administration does not apply to him in salary matters. The task of the Supreme Court is to analyze whether, in a process of protection of fundamental rights for violation of the right to equal pay, it is possible to determine compensation for moral damages greater than 300 euros taking as a reference the sanctions provided for in the LISOS.