Ricerc@Sapienza

The progressive change in the legal discipline of labor relations in the most recent reforms in both Europe and Latin America, highlights a radical evolution of the concepts of stability and flexibility of the contractual relationship.
This evolution is the result of international transformations: in both continents, in fact, the context is firmly globalized and characterized by a growing permeability of the legal systems, on the level of principles and constitutional values, economic and financial stress.
In recent years, stability protection has undergone significant changes aimed at ensuring greater efficiency and adaptability to production needs.
In Europe, there are numerous links between the legislative reforms of labor and the contents normally associated with the idea of Flexicurity, as a model in which flexible relationships allows the re-entry into the labor market of more frequently without occupation.
This model does not express a legal concept, but rather a policy, promoted by the European Commission and declined by the Member States in different forms. European - and Italian - legislative solutions present common features with Latin America, such as the introduction of increasingly complex forms of flexibility and, at the same time, in the promotion of stability.
Such legislative dynamics have psychological effects on workers. In this scenario, individual factors can make a difference in adapting and capitalizing those situation of uncertainty and insecurity.
The present project aims to combine the legal analysis of the "new forms" of stability and flexibility in the light of the most recent legislative reforms, with the study of the role of institutions and the impact of such an evolution on the organization of the company and on the psychological behavior of individuals and communities operating within it. The analysis will focus on the comparison between European systems and Latin American ones, to identify trends, problems and shared solutions.