L’articolo sarà pubblicato sul n. 4/2012 di DRI (Il Diritto delle Relazioni Industriali).

Analyzing the new provisions concerning fixed-term contracts introduced by law n. 92/2012, the author distinguishes between flexibilizing innovations (first fixed-term contract without objective reason; larger continuation of  the contract after expiry) and stiffening innovations, first of all the additional contribution to be paid for every non standard or atypical employment contract, then the increase of the time intervals between a stipulation and the other and yet the computability in the roof of the 36 months of periods of temporary work. In comparison to the previous legal and jurisdictional context, the evaluation of the overall impact of these contradictory provisions leads the author to highlight the risk of a severe limitation of the spread of the fixed-term contracts, in contrast with the aim to increase employment declared by the reform law.