Abstract

After having shortly reconstructed the "iter" of the recent reforms about fixed-term contract in the public employment, the author underlines the possible prejudicial effects that could rise from the connection between the regulation introduced by the decree 112/2008 (then converted in Act n. 133/2008) and the blockage of the stabilization procedures, about which the Parliament is currently discussing. The forecast of a maximum length of fixed-term contract, without guarantees for temporary workers to get a steady job, is in fact entirely irrational and conflicting with the need to solve the question of temporary employment. The paper ends with an analysis of the sanctions still characterizing the public employment, underlining that the community legitimacy doubts are not completely overcome.