L'attuazione delle direttive sull'orario di lavoro tra vincoli comunitari e costituzionali = The Execution of the Policy on the Working Hours between the laws of the Italian Constitution and the EU Legislation. WP C.S.D.L.E. "Massimo D'Antona" N. 21/2004

This paper analyzes the discrepancies between Italian and European Labor policy. It focuses in particular on safety and the number of working hours. The paper argues that it is in act a regression of labor rights, especially evident in the lack of a specific legislation concerning the legal limit for overtime work; and the lack of absolute limits for the daily and weekly number of working hours, that the author thinks should be limited respectively to 10 and 52. The second part of the paper stresses the Constitutional relevance of Labor Law and addresses the main points of disagreement between Italian and European Legislation.