Il presente saggio costituisce una rielaborazione della relazione svolta a Bologna il 16 febbraio 2015 al Convegno “Jobs Act, contratto a tutele crescenti, nuova disciplina dei licenziamenti” ed è destinato agli Scritti in onore di Raffaele De Luca Tamajo.

The author deals with the reform of the law regulating dismissals introduced by the so called Jobs Act, less than three years after the previous reform on the same issue by law n. 92/2012. As the previous law the new regulation is a result of a clear political compromise, which entails significant technical problems. The author analyzes these problems discussing the new rules within the more general context of the Jobs Act.