Journal title GIORNALE DI DIRITTO DEL LAVORO E DI RELAZIONI INDUSTRIALI
Author/s Salvo Leonardi
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2024/181-182
Language Italian Pages 33 P. 79-111 File size 884 KB
DOI 10.3280/GDL2024-181005
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Italy has the highest collective bargaining coverage (presumed/estima- ted) in the EU, and the worst wage dynamics of OECD countries. The second-best European data, in terms of incidence of low wages, but only for full-time, permanent and contractually covered jobs. Otherwise, it is among the worst, in terms of the In-work poverty. As a result of these major ambivalences and contradictions, a lively debate has taken shape – political, trade union and academic – around the overall effectiveness of our contractual and wage-set- ting system. It is the only one of the five Member States with collectively agreed minimum wages, to contemplate a change of tools, towards the adoption of a statutory minimum hour- ly wage. Directive 2022/2041 provides various ideas and options to make the argument and evaluate the potential opportunity and direction of reform, which cannot be delayed any longer. Using a dialectical approach, this article methodically reviews the theses and antitheses of the current Italian debate, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each. Finally, a synthesis is suggested in which, with the support of European comparisons, a substantial adjustment is hoped for, with an approach based on incremental experimentation. This would involve a minimum hourly threshold, derived from legislation, which can be reconciled with a selective strengthening of collective bargaining of the comparatively most representative organisations.
Keywords: Minimum wage; Collective bargaining, Directive 2022/2041; Industrial relations; Trade unions; Working poor.
Salvo Leonardi, La direttiva europea sul salario minimo adeguato e le sue ripercussioni nel quadro italiano in "GIORNALE DI DIRITTO DEL LAVORO E DI RELAZIONI INDUSTRIALI " 181-182/2024, pp 79-111, DOI: 10.3280/GDL2024-181005