The Italian Supreme Court of Cassation, with decision no. 24417/2021, returns to address the delicate issue of the employer's liability in the event of a worker injury that is derived from a negligence of the same, but due to the lack of adequate professional training. The case concerned the recognition of the criminal liability of the employer for the crime of manslaughter committed to the detriment of an employee, who died in the course of carrying out his duties due to the

Art. 5 of Italian Legislative Decree 231 of 2001 provides that legal persons are responsible for crimes committed in their "interest" or to their "advantage" by persons who hold representative, administrative or management functions as well as by persons who exercise, including by fact, the management and control of the same or by persons subject to the management or supervision of one of the aforementioned subjects. With sentence no. 15543/2021, the Italian Supreme Court of