Italian labour law has changed very quickly over the last fifteen years under the pressure of globalization and the last great recession. At the insistence of International and European Institutions, the Italian legislator has undertaken several and controversial labour market reforms. Above all, the so-called Biagi Reform (legislative decree no. 276 of 2003), the Monti-Fornero Reform (Act no. 92 of 2012) and the latest Jobs Act (Act no. 183 of 2014, implemented by many legislative decrees in 2015). They all have in common the purpose of making labour market and employment protection more flexible. The more recent reforms also involve, in line with the flexicurity strategy, a revision of the system of social security and active labour market policies. Even the Italian industrial relations system has not been exempt from this process of transformation. In particular, it has been placed under severe stress by the pressure of business interests and new domestic and transnational corporate policies. The well-known FIAT (now “FCA”) case is the most representative example of that. The book will help foreign scholars and lawyers, in-house counsels and human resource managers at international companies to understand the complex outcomes of the changes made by the recent reforms. In this regard, the book offers a systematic explanation and a broad understanding of constitutional principles, statutory acts, regulations and collective agreements that are important for labour relations. The definition of employee, atypical forms of employment contract, employee’s and employer’s obligations, sickness and workplace accidents, individual and collective dismissals, short-time working and unemployment benefits, employment of “international” workers, collective bargaining and strike are just some examples of the topics dealt with by the book.
Labour law and industrial relations in Italy
MENEGATTI, EMANUELE;
2015
Abstract
Italian labour law has changed very quickly over the last fifteen years under the pressure of globalization and the last great recession. At the insistence of International and European Institutions, the Italian legislator has undertaken several and controversial labour market reforms. Above all, the so-called Biagi Reform (legislative decree no. 276 of 2003), the Monti-Fornero Reform (Act no. 92 of 2012) and the latest Jobs Act (Act no. 183 of 2014, implemented by many legislative decrees in 2015). They all have in common the purpose of making labour market and employment protection more flexible. The more recent reforms also involve, in line with the flexicurity strategy, a revision of the system of social security and active labour market policies. Even the Italian industrial relations system has not been exempt from this process of transformation. In particular, it has been placed under severe stress by the pressure of business interests and new domestic and transnational corporate policies. The well-known FIAT (now “FCA”) case is the most representative example of that. The book will help foreign scholars and lawyers, in-house counsels and human resource managers at international companies to understand the complex outcomes of the changes made by the recent reforms. In this regard, the book offers a systematic explanation and a broad understanding of constitutional principles, statutory acts, regulations and collective agreements that are important for labour relations. The definition of employee, atypical forms of employment contract, employee’s and employer’s obligations, sickness and workplace accidents, individual and collective dismissals, short-time working and unemployment benefits, employment of “international” workers, collective bargaining and strike are just some examples of the topics dealt with by the book.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
