Collective bargaining and the flexibilisation of employment in Italy

Alessia Vatta, null

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Collective bargaining and the flexibilisation of employment in Italy

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Author(s): Alessia Vatta

Publication date (Print): Spring 2010

Journal: Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation

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This paper compares the 1993 Accord between the Italian government and social partners with the 2009 Framework Agreement on the Reform of Collective Bargaining. The former was decisive for the institutionalisation of collective bargaining and the introduction of flexibility into the domestic labour market, while the latter has been more contestedm seeming to reflect increasing difficulties in the relationships between the main actors in Italian employment policy. The paper discusses the role of the different channels used to innovate work regulation in Italy, assesses the attitude of the actors involved, and suggests a possible direction for future policy initiatives.

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Journal ID (doi): 10.13169

Journal ID (publisher-id): workorgalaboglob

Title: Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN (Print): 1745641X

ISSN (Electronic): 17456428

Publication date (Print): Spring 2010

Volume: 4

Issue: 1

Pages: 193-205

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DOI: 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.4.1.0193

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[1] Barbieri, P. & I. Bison (2004) ‘Self-employment in Italy: scaling the class barriers’, in W. Müller & R. Arum (eds) Self-Employed Dynamics and Social Inequality: A Cross-national Study of Self-employment in Advanced Economies , Princeton: Princeton University Press:310–347

[2] Bertolini, S., F. Berton & L. Pacelli (2009) ‘Gli obiettivi della flessibilità’, in F. Berton, M. Richiardi & S. Sacchi (eds) Flex-insecurity. Perché in Italia la flessibilità diventa precarietà , Bologna: Il Mulino:47–71

[3] Boeri, T. & P. Garibaldi (2009) ‘Come cambia la contrattazione’, Lavoce.info, February, 10, 2009. Accessed on April, 30, 2009 from http://www.lavoce.info/articoli/-relazioni_industriali/pagina1000940.html.

[4] Bonoli, G. (2003) ‘Social policy through labor markets. Understanding national differences in the provision of economic security to wage earners’, Comparative Political Studies , Vol 36, No 9:1007–1030

[5] Brandt, N., J.M. Burniaux & R. Duval (2005) ‘Assessing the OECD Jobs Strategy: past developments and reforms’, Paris: OECD Economic Department Working Paper, No 429

[6] Broughton, A. (2004) ‘Comparative overview of industrial relations in Europe in 2003’. Accessed on August, 10, 2004 from http://www.eurofound.eiro.eu.int (EIROnline doc. TN0403106F).

[7] Diaz-Serrano, L. & J.A. Cabral Vieira (2005) ‘Low pay, higher pay and job satisfaction within the European Union: empirical evidence from fourteen countries’, Bonn: Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, IZA discussion paper, No 1558

[8] EIRR (European Industrial Relations Review) (1993) ‘Central agreement on incomes policy and bargaining reform’, European Industrial Relations Review , No 236:15–19

[9] European Commission (2009) Employment in Europe 2009 , Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities

[10] European Commission (2007) European Employment Observatory Review: Spring 2007 , Luxembourg: Office for the Official Publications of the European Communities

[11] Ferner, A. & R. Hyman (1992) ‘Italy: between political exchange and micro-corporatism’, in A. Ferner & R. Hyman (eds) Industrial Relations in the New Europe , Oxford: Blackwell:524–600

[12] Hall, P.A. & D. Soskice (2001) ‘An introduction to varieties of capitalism’, in P.A. Hall & D. Soskice (eds) Varieties of Capitalism. The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage , Oxford: Oxford University Press:1–68

[13] Hassel, A. (2009) ‘Policies and politics in social pacts in Europe’, European Journal of Industrial Relations , Vol 15, No 1:7–26

[14] Hyman, R. (1999) ‘National industrial relations systems and transnational challenges: an essay in review’, European Journal of Industrial Relations , Vol 5, No 1:89–110

[15] Ichino, P. (2009) ‘Note tecniche sull'accordo interconfederale del 22 gennaio’, Lavoce.info, January, 30, 2009. Accessed on April, 30, 2009 from http://www.lavoce.info/articoli/-relazioni_industriali/pagina1000909.html

[16] Madama, I. & D. Coletto (2009) ‘Italy: flexicurity and industrial relations’, EIROnline, September, 15, 2009. Accessed on November, 6, 2009 from http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0803038s/it0803039q.htm

[17] Muratore, L. (2008) ‘Italy: temporary agency work and collective bargaining in the European Union’, EIROnline, December, 19, 2008. Accessed on November, 6, 2009 from http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0807019s/it0807019q.htm

[18] Muratore, L. (2005) ‘Decentralised “territoria” bargaining on the increase’, EIROnline, June, 8, 2005. Accessed on November, 6, 2009 from http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2005/05/feature/it0505307f.htm

[19] Natali, D. & P. Pochet (2009) ‘The evolution of social pacts in the EMU era: what type of institutionalization?’, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol 15, No 2:147–166

[20] Pedersini, R. (2009) ‘CGIL refuses to sign agreement on collective bargaining reform’, EIROnline, April, 30, 2009. Accessed on July, 24, 2009 from http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2009/02/articles/it0902059i.htm

[21] Pedersini, R. & D. Coletto (2009) ‘Path to reform of 1993 collective bargaining agreement’, EIROnline, July, 21, 2009. Accessed on July, 24, 2009 from http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2009/04/articles/it0904029i.htm.

[22] Regalia, I. & M. Regini (1998) ‘Italy: the dual character of industrial relations’, in A. Ferner & R. Hyman (eds) Changing Industrial Relations in Europe, Oxford: Blackwell:459–503

[23] Regini, M. (1997) ‘Still engaging in corporatism? Recent Italian experience in comparative perspective’, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol 3, No 3:259–278

[24] Regini, M. & I. Regalia (1997) ‘Employers, unions and the state: the resurgence of concertation in Italy?’, West European Politics, Vol 20, No 1:210–230

[25] Scharpf, F.W. (2000) ‘The viability of advanced welfare states in the international economy: vulnerabilities and options’, Journal of European Public Policy, Vol 7, No 2:190–228

[26] Tajani, C. (2010) ‘Agreement renewed in information technology sector’, EIROnline, January, 8, 2010. Accessed on January, 13, 2010 from http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2009/11/articles/it0911019i.htm

[27] Tajani, C. (2009) ‘All parties agree to renewal of collective agreement in food industry’, EIROnline, November, 20, 2009. Accessed on January, 13, 2010 from http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2009/10/articles/it0910029i.htm

[28] Thelen. K. (2001) ‘Varieties of labour politics in the developed democracies’, in P.A. Hall & D. Soskice (eds) Varieties of Capitalism. The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage, Oxford: Oxford University Press:71–103