Labour law and industrial relations in Italy

Part 1 General features definitions and notions the historical background government institutions and their functions sources of labour law. Part 2 The individual employment relationship: definitions and concepts the rights and duties of the parties during the employment relationship working time and holidays remuneration and benefits the suspension of the labour contract (of the execution) the end of the individual labour contract covenant of non-competition - inventions by employees - statute of limitations the settlement of labour disputes. Part 3 Collective labour relations: trade-union freedom the trade unions and the employers' associations institutionalized relations between employers and trade unions - legal support for trade-union activities at plant level collective bargaining workers' and unions' participation in the enterprise industrial conflict.