In corso di pubblicazione in Rivista delle politiche sociali, 2014, n. 4

The paper analyses the new redundancy regulation, introduced by the decree n. 23/2015 (a part of the wider legislative reform process called “Jobs Act” implemented by Renzi’s Government), which is applied only to newly hired employees.
The essay illustrates the decree backbone and evaluates its impact on labour relations and on trade unions activity. It also underlines the potential critical effects of the measure, such as the impact on competition between companies (especially in some economic sectors) and on boosting employees’ replacement with younger and cheaper workers.
Finally the Author identifies on which areas the collective bargaining could limit the negative social and economic aspects of the new regulations.