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Suffering from ransomware is a reason to fire more than half of the workforce. The National Court endorses it

Posted on June 20, 2023 by Dissent

Adam Straker reports:

One of the great fears of any company is that it will be affected by a cyber attack. The presence of malware on a company’s computer equipment can be fatal by producing stoppages in production, the impossibility of accessing their records and even the danger of the personal data of its clients. But now a new fear comes into play: the possibility of employees losing their jobs.

This is precisely what happened on June 21, 2021 at the Ilunion telephone service company. After suffering a ransomware that blocked all their computers in exchange for a financial ransom, the managers decided lay off more than half of the workforce justifying it as a ’cause of force majeure’. And after a negative resolution by the General Directorate of Labor to this decision, justice has left it without effect, creating a precedent.

Read more at Gearrice.

(This seems to be a Spanish case, but the article doesn’t actually provide any specific case references or dockets. If anyone has references for it, please let us know.)

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