Constrictive labor and the dignity of work

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 dev...

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Published in:PSL quarterly review 2021-06, Vol.74 (297)
Main Author: Roncaglia, Alessandro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Charter of Workers’ Rights
Charters
Discrimination
Division of labor
Employment
Flexibility
Hiring
Human dignity
industrial relations
Labor process
labor reforms
Market economies
Protestant Reformation
Society
Traditions
Workers
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Summary: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).
ISSN:2037-3635
2037-3643
DOI:10.13133/2037-3643/17563