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Quality of Work: The Case of Part-Time Work in Italy

In: Non-Standard Employment and Quality of Work

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  • Brendan J. Burchell

    (University of Cambridge)

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While the rate of part-time work has been consistent in the EU15 in the period 2000–2005, Italy has seen a large rise in women’s part-time work over that period. The likely cause of this rise in women’s part-time work is presumed to be the Italian enactment of the EU Part-Time Work Directive. Before 1984 Italian legislation had little provision for part-time work, and the Italian rate was well below the European average. But, the weak 1984 legislation was repealed by the then-conservative government to make way for the new directive adopted in 2000, and subsequently revised. As well as providing a clearer legislative framework on issues such as flexible working by part-timers, part-time work was claimed to offer important solutions to the Italian labour markets including reducing unemployment, increasing women’s employment and enhancing flexibility.

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  • Brendan J. Burchell, 2012. "Quality of Work: The Case of Part-Time Work in Italy," AIEL Series in Labour Economics, in: Tindara Addabbo & Giovanni Solinas (ed.), Non-Standard Employment and Quality of Work, chapter 0, pages 175-188, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:aiechp:978-3-7908-2106-2_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2106-2_9
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    1. Daiga Kamerade & Ursula Balderson & Brendan Burchell & Senhu Wang & Adam Coutts, 2020. "Shorter Working Week and Workers' Well-being and Mental Health," Working Papers wp522, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge.

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