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Editorial                                                                            Italian Labour Law e-Journal
Edoardo Ales                                                                                Issue 2, Vol. 15 (2022)
Iacopo Senatori                                                                                   ISSN 1561-8048
                                                                   https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1561-8048/15993




                                                Editorial
                                             Edoardo Ales*
                                            Iacopo Senatori†


     This issue of the ILLeJ is opened by a thematic session dedicated to the systemic
 challenges that labour law is facing, as the world enters its third year into the new era ideally
 opened by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this sense, it is linked to the two
 Special Issues that the Journal dedicated to Covid-19 and Labour Law. A Global Review and
 The NextGeneration EU in Action: Impact on Social and Labour Policies, respectively in
 2020 and earlier this year.
     It is a common understanding that the pandemic operated as a magnifying lens, revealing
 the structural problems that affect the world of work and society at large. One of its side-
 effects has been the activation of new intellectual and political energies, in the effort to
 rethink the aims, values and priorities attached to the employment relationship, the labour
 market and the regulation of the two.
     The experience of the past three years has shown us plastically that the instability brought
 about by natural and social risks is an inherent feature of contemporary society. At the same
 time, it has emphasized the need to balance fairly an intricated web of conflicting rights,
 liberties and interests: a perspective which in turn puts a renovated light on the essential role
 and responsibility of the State and the other regulatory agencies at any level.
     The measures experimented during the past three years, largely adopted under the
 pressure of a state of emergency of an unprecedented scale, may be soon forgotten or they
 may leave a legacy, or even represent a model for future initiatives. While the ultimate
 direction – progressive or regressive - of this process is still unclear, as it will be the outcome
 of political choices, the path towards a paradigm shift has been set in motion irrevocably.
     The international conference “Work Beyond the Pandemic. Towards a Human-Centred
 Recovery”, hosted by the Marco Biagi Foundation of the University of Modena and Reggio
 Emilia in May 2022, has been an opportunity to identify and discuss in a comprehensive
 manner the problems that the pandemic has created or exacerbated and the solutions
 envisaged, in theory and practice, with a view to relaunching a reflection on work and its
 protection as a means of social and human development, both in an emergency context and
 in a long-term perspective.
     The contributions included in this thematic session were originally presented in the
 conference. They address crucial topics that the pandemic has put under stress, such as
 gender equality, flexible work arrangements, income support and health and safety in the
 work environment.



 *
     Professor of Labour Law, Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope.
 †   Assistant Professor of Labour Law, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia.
Edoardo Ales                                                       Italian Labour Law e-Journal
Iacopo Senatori                                                           Issue 2, Vol. 15 (2022)
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   We hope that they will add new and interesting perspectives to the crucial debate on the
role of Labour Law in the path towards human development and sustainability.




Copyright © 2022 Edoardo Ales, Iacopo Senatori. This article is released under a Creative
Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.




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