Active Measures for Employability and New Forms of Security: The Italian Case

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. The Italian Labour Law Tradition: Protection for those who are Protected. – 2. Workfare: The Transition from Passive Policies to Promotion and Prevention. – 3. Economic and Normative Incentives. – 4. Merits and Limits of the Treu Measures. – 4.1. The Biagi Law: (a) Implementing the European Employment Strategy in Italy. – 4.2. The Biagi Law: (b) Constructing a Modern Network of Employment Services. – 5. The Completion of the Biagi Law With the Reform of Safety-Net Measures. – 6. Social Expenditure and the Tax and Contributions Burden on Employment. – 7. The Final Project for New Forms of Security: The Work Statute. – References.