Italy: Constitutional Court annuls provision which allowed avoiding the reintegration of precarious workers

ndard”, the provision was introduced by the Berlusconi government in August 2008 to reduce the costs of disputes between former employees on a fixed-term contract and the Italian post. The Constitutional Court, to which many courts referred, judged this provision unlawful because it conflicts with the principle of equality written down in the Italian Constitution. (Ref. 090719)

“Anti-precarious” and unconstitutional standard. The new article 4 (2) of Decree-Law 368/2001, introduced by the law o