An Italian social scientist and self-described “slow traveler” who was fired because he refused to fly home from a work trip said he will donate part of the settlement agreement from his employer to climate causes.
Gianluca Grimalda, who shuns air travel because of its effect on the planet, had sought reinstatement to the Germany-based Kiel Institute for the World Economy after losing his job in October 2023.
Although he lost an appeal to regain his job last year, Grimalda said he and the institute earlier this month accepted a proposal by the Kiel Regional Labor Court to settle the lawsuit he filed in 2024 alleging unfair dismissal.
The settlement stipulates that Grimalda’s contract was terminated with “ordinary dismissal because of incompatible ideological convictions between the parties,” Grimalda said.
