43 research outputs found
La 'riforma' degli ammortizzatori sociali [The 'reform' of social protection for the unemployed]
No full textThe Author analyzes the reform of social protection provisions for the unemployed. The reform turns out to be rather a soft rationalization of the existing provisions. There are important provisions and an attempt at outlining a systematic framework. However, the pieces of the whole jigsaw puzzle are far from finding the right place. We assisted to a virtual reform, the main object of which is that of restoring the political credibility of the Country. However, on the whole, the Author does not believe that something much different could be have been done, considering the deep economic crises of the Country, the complexity of the provisions under review and the fact that the Monti’s Government is a temporary one. The main shortcomings of the reform, however, are the lack of a universal provision on minimum income for the unemployed and the softness of the link between unemployment benefits and labour market active policies
Protezione sociale ed istituti della riconciliazione
No full textThe Author explains the importance of finding a definition of reconciliation in the area of social protection in order to be able to have a critical approach to the different instruments of reconciliation. She looks then to the definition of reconciliation in the European Union legislation and stresses how the notion of reconciliation is linked to substantial equality and to the redistribution of roles within the family as well as to a bi-directional nature of its provisions and to the presence of a complex whole of rationes. These elements are then used to suggest a path for the definition of reconciliation in the social protection field
Post fata resurgo: la rivincita del principio assicurativo nella tutela della disoccupazione
No full textThe Author analyses the Renzi’s reform of social protection for the unemployed. The impact of the reform on the social security system is taken into consideration. In particular, the reform is read through the lenses of the constitutional principles of equality, solidarity and social integration. To this end, the reform is tested through the axioms of universality of the social protection system, of the provision of the same event to be protected under the unemployed benefit and the active labour market policies systems and of the link between social security benefits and active labour market policies. Then the three new social security benefits provided by the reform are analysed. The paper finds that the reform brings about an increase of importance of insurance principles as well as a neo-paternalistic attitude and it marks a distance from the universality principle in social protection. This despite the Prime Minister claims to be doing the opposite
Industriarsi per la cittadinanza: dal lavoratore assicurato al cittadino laboriosamente attivo
No full textAs a scholar of social security law – a subject whose guiding star is the concept of citizenship, combined with the principle of substantial equal- ity and solidarity – the author tries to outline with the tip of a pencil some crucial moments in the evolution of labor law masterfully described by Umberto Romagnoli, to then compare it with what happens on the hidden side of the moon, in the hemisphere of social security. What emerges is that the keystone of the social protection system is contained in the relationship between citizenship rights, what we call social rights, and work. The challenge of a socially sustainable society is essentially played on a delicate balance, in the intermediate space between work and activity, between social citizenship and occupational welfare
La sicurezza sociale alla prova di stress
No full textSocial security under stress
After outlining the characteristics of the Covid-19 pandemic, which are useful for analyzing its effects in terms of social protection, and framing the context of reference, the Author embarks on a path of analysis that highlights the departure of social protection from the founding principles art. 3 of the Constitution, in the areas affected by the provisions issued to deal with the economic-social emergency created by the pandemic, namely: unemployment benefits, parental leaves and social assistance provisions. In this context, the provisions issued to deal with the pandemic emergency become the plastic representation of the gaps in social protection and of the unstoppable weakening of social rights. The Covid-19 provisions, however, can also represent the starting point for a rethinking, a reformulation of a welfare more appropriate to the socio-economic evolution
Cassa integrazione guadagni e testo unico: ossimori e vecchi merletti [Short time earnings funds: Consolidated law and old lace]
No full textThe Author analyses the reform of short time earnings funds of decree no. 148/2015 and following integrations and modifications. The study is conducted bearing in mind the constitutional system of social protection for the unemployed and the functional objective of short time earnings funds. In particular, the attempt is that of evaluating the reform in the context of art. 38 of the Italian Constitution. In this light, despite the legislator's good will, the reform falls short time and again of realizing a simplified, universal and coherent system of workers protection in case of temporary reductions or suspension of the firms productive activities. In particular, trade unions' bilateral funds fail to substitute the coverage of public social protection, as it was expected; while they might perform much better in topping up the public system provisions
La tutela del reddito: chiave di volta per un mercato del lavoro sostenibile
No full textIl contributo corre tutto lungo il fil rouge dei princìpi di eguaglianza sostanziale e solidarietà, che trovano nei diritti sociali il loro strumento attuativo, e che l’Autrice utilizza: per giuridificare il principio di sostenibilità; per delineare una relazione virtuosa tra normativa del rapporto e sistema di sicurezza sociale; per ricostruire il sistema di protezione sociale nell’area del non lavoro. Infine, si analizza il recente Riordino degli ammortizzatori sociali.The Author uses the principles of substantial equality and of solidarity, which find their implementation tool in social rights, to constitutionalize the principle of sustainability, to outline a virtuous relationship between contractual legislation and social security and to rephrase the social protection of the unemployed. Lastly, the recent reform of the legislation on social safety nets is analyzed
Utility of preoperative brain natriuretic peptide and cardiac troponin I in predicting perioperative major adverse cardiovascular events in elderly patients undergoing noncardiac surgery
No full textBackground: Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) are frequently encountered in patients undergoing noncardiac surgeries. This study evaluated the utility of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) to predict MACE in elderly patients (aged ≥60 years) undergoing noncardiac surgeries. Methods: This comparative cross-sectional study was carried out at a tertiary care center in India between November 2016 and August 2018. A total of 136 consecutive patients (aged ≥60 years) presenting for noncardiac surgeries under general/spinal/regional anesthesia in the departments of surgery, orthopedics, or gynecology were included in the study. Patients with chronic kidney disease stages 4 and 5 and those receiving hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis for renal failure were excluded from the study. Peripheral blood samples for BNP and cTnI were obtained within 24 h preoperatively. The primary endpoint was the occurrence of MACE, defined as the composite of cardiac death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, heart failure, arrhythmias, and cardiac arrest at 6 days postsurgery. Results: The mean age of patients was 69.41 ± 7.56 years. Females comprised 54.1% of the study population. During the perioperative period and follow-up of 6 days, 12 MACE were recorded. Preoperative cTnI levels alone or both cTnI and BNP together (cTnI levels >0.07 ng/mL and BNP levels >40 pg/mL) increased significantly in the patients who experienced MACE (P < 0.05). The area under receiver operating characteristics curve for cTnI and BNP for predicting perioperative cardiac events was 0.817 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.646–0.988; P < 0.001) and 0.520 (95% CI 0.337–0.704; P = 0.817), respectively. Conclusions: In elderly patients undergoing noncardiac surgeries, a preoperative assessment of BNP and cTnI may help in the assessment of MACE
Il paradigma perduto dei giuslavoristi e la protezione sociale per i disoccupati in epoca di crisi economica
No full textThe Author tries a purely theoretical approach at the extremely actual theme of social protection for the unemployed. The attempt is that of finding the lost paradigm of the relationship between labour law and social security. On the basis of this paradigm the guidelines of an ideal system are outlined, as regards the crucial knots of how much social security, which kind of protection and how to finance it. In this ambit, questions such as the roles of active social security and income protection of the unemployed and the link between social protection and work are analysed
Silent Footsteps – Renga poetry as a collaborative, creative research method reflecting on the immobilities of gender-based violence in the Covid-19 pandemic
No full textIn the Covid-19 global crisis, gender-based violence (GBV) has been reshaped and reconfigured, with increases in some places and decreases in others. During our exploration of the changes in GBV through trans/feminist collaborative reflexive storying, we noticed the fragmentary nature of our storied recollections, which both represented and heightened the emotions in the work (Atkinson, 2018). With an intention of distilling the words even further, we challenged ourselves, as transdisciplinary researchers, to create a collaborative renga poem, which we titled: ‘Silent Footsteps’. An ancient Japanese form, the renga is a series of short, linked verses. This article demonstrates that renga offers an accessible, collaborative poetic research method, not only for research teams (Furman, 2006), but also for non-academic groups to connect with each other. It has the ability to convey deep emotion, with an authentic personal voice, while being confined to structure and rules. Along with creating two stanzas each turn in a round of emails, we all wrote a reflection to engage with the process that identifies this method of writing research as holistic and creative, able to further connect the authors, reflect on the new knowledge and meaning that this work has motivated. Based on these reflections, which are woven throughout and on the renga poem, which is presented in full at the end, we argue that 1. renga is a timely poetic form; 2. it enhances transdisciplinary collaboration and 3. That it offers both resistance and catharsis.© 2022 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
