Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.3935/zpfz.75.6.1
Minimum Wage Setting in Italy: A Complex Architecture
Luca Nogler
; Faculty of Law, University of Trento, Trento, Italia
Chiara Cristofolini
orcid.org/0000-0002-1153-6084
; Faculty of Law, University of Trento, Trento, Italia
Sažetak
This paper examines Italy’s wage-setting system, focusing on the challenges of ensuring adequate remuneration for workers. It begins by highlighting the absence of a universal statutory minimum wage, as wage floors are set through sector-specific national collective agreements. The analysis then focuses on Article 36 of the Italian Constitution, which enshrines two core principles: proportionality and sufficiency. The Court of Cassation has interpreted these principles as giving rise to a judicially enforceable standard of adequate minimum wage. Against this background, the paper explores the main tensions currently affecting Italian industrial relations and their impact on the ability of collective bargaining to set wages that comply with the constitutional requirements. It concludes by highlighting that declining workers’ purchasing power is worsened by unresolved economic and tax policy issues.
Ključne riječi
wage setting; collective bargaining; individual employment contract; adequate minimum wage; “constitutional minimum wage”
Hrčak ID:
345025
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Datum izdavanja:
2.3.2026.
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