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Couple sue Vatican Bank after they were fired for getting married

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ROME – A couple sacked by the Vatican Bank have taken their former employers to court, asking to be reinstated and to be paid damages.

The couple, Domenico Fabiani and Silvia Carlucci, on Oct. 1, 2024, were fired from the Institute of Religious Works (IOR), colloquially called the “Vatican Bank,” after getting married on Aug. 31, in violation of a new law which they said was implemented after they had already announced their plans to marry.

According to the new law, published May 2, 2024, if two employees marry, even in a canonically valid ceremony, both contracts will be terminated after 30 days, unless one of them resigns.

The law specifically states that “in order to ensure equal treatment, the celebration of a canonical marriage between an employee of the Institute and another employee of the Institute, or of other administrations of the Vatican City State, constitutes a cause for loss of hiring requirements”.

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That's an interesting case because on the one hand the law didn't exist when they agreed to the terms of their employment, it came after the fact. But it was nevertheless a valid rule and they broke it.

If I open carried and my employer had no opinion on it one way or another when I got hired, but then they decide to implement a rule against carrying guns on company property then I have to acknowledge and obey that rule. Just because my employment predates its existence doesn't invalidate it nor am I "grandfathered in" unless my employer specifically says so.
 
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Having worked for a company where a couple were first living together then married, I can
agree with the ban in the Vatican Bank. Favoritism will always be suspected by the other
employees.
 
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I know where I work, a leader cannot be in a relationship with someone under them. They have to be transferred to a different store if that occurs. It's a conflict of interest.

There are laws for a reason.
 
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I know where I work, a leader cannot be in a relationship with someone under them. They have to be transferred to a different store if that occurs. It's a conflict of interest.

There are laws for a reason.
That was the policy at a company I worked for. In fact, the CEO and VP were let go because they were in a
relationship, which is prohibited. They got caught synchronizing their business trips together of which the
company paid for.
 
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