Constrictive labor and the dignity of work

Alessandro Roncaglia

PSL Quarterly Review, 2021, vol. 74, issue 297, 99-105

Abstract: The paper summarizes the rationale and contents of a conference held at the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in December 2020, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Italian Statuto dei lavoratori (Charter of Workers’ Rights): a reform that represents an important advancement in Italian civic development. The paper illustrates the Charter: its attempt to reconcile, in light of the Italian Constitution, the twin and opposite characteristics of labor as sacrifice and as contributing to the social dignity of workers; and the law’s compromises between the opposite needs of the labor process (stability and flexibility of employment, employers’ freedom in hiring, the need to avoid discrimination, and so on).

Keywords: Charter of Workers' Rights; industrial relations; labor reforms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J08 J28 J48 J53 J83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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