The Italian Constitutional Court, in its decision no. 118 of July 21, 2025, ruled that this maximum limit was unjustified discrimination, since in large companies, severance pay can be up to 24 months' salary under collective agreements. As a result, workers in small businesses must now be treated in the same way. This is an interesting decision from a comparative law perspective; in Germany, employees of small businesses (here, up to 10 employees) have no protection against dismissal at all.