The Role of Labour Law in Job Creation Policies: an Italian Perspective

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Preliminary Remarks. – 2. Employability and Adaptability: Which is the Role for Labour Law in Employment Policies? – 2.1. Is the One-Way Track of Italian Labour Law the Main Cause of Unemployment? – 2.2. The Italian Road to Employment: Social Concertation as Antidote to the Trend Towards Deregulation. – 2.3. A First Assessment of 20 Years Employment-Friendly Labour Policies. – 3. Aids for Employment: Towards a Reform. – 3.1. State Aid for Employment and Compatibility with the Community Regime of Competition. – 3.2. Towards the Reform of the System of Incentives for Employment. – 4. Concluding Remarks.