New draft out, Elena and I demonstrate that in 🇮🇹 #selfemployed organizing and bargaining are long-standing, embedded in collective agreements, and acknowledged by the law: ssrn.com/abstract=38237… forthcoming in @sanjuktampaul, McCrystal & @ewanmcg, “Labor in #CompetitionLaw” CUP
The chapter’s overarching goal is to understand whether and to what extent concerted wage fixing practices are granted a special (express or implied) immunity at the domestic level.
Addressing this issue is vital to unravel the nature and scope of #antitrust labour exemptions...
A topic that is gaining attention at a time when numerous non-standard workers are unreasonably left under- or un-protected due to legal uncertainties and loopholes resulting in their exclusion from the scope of application of several social measures. See: socialeurope.eu/collective-voi…
Amongst other things, a short-sighted interpretation and application of antitrust restrictions may be problematic. Workers face the risk that collective negotiation outcomes could be vulnerable, as zealous competition authorities may challenge them. See: hdl.handle.net/1814/63264
However, in 🇮🇹 the assumption that any form of coalition and collective bargaining process of self-employed workers would hamper the proper functioning of the free market, leaving space for cartels or other concentration, is not justified under any equity and factual argument
Several provisions corroborate that the lawmaker often entrusts social partners in regulating specific & meaningful aspects of the working relationship of self-employed, proving that there is no inconsistency between antitrust law and collective negotiation of contractual terms
Indeed, historical evidence suggests that collective agreements covering the kaleidoscopic group of non-standard workers, including genuine self-employed ones, have never been targeted by the Italian competition authority. Comments are welcome. Many thanks to the amazing editors!

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18 Mar
“Demystifying Flexibility, Exposing the Algorithmic Boss: A Note on the First Italian Case Classifying a (Food-Delivery) #Platform Worker as an Employee”. New short WP on the misclassification case of a Glovo rider. Link: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3… — forthcoming in the @CLLPJ
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In Nov 2020, the Palermo Tribunal reinstated a #rider and reclassified him as a full-time, permanent employee, to be remunerated according to the applicable collective bargaining agreement (for the service sector), on the grounds that his autonomy was merely notional
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The platform could indeed organize the execution of work and discipline noncompliance with instructions issued through the internal system. The judge ordered compensation for wage differentials and reimbursement for the unpaid time the worker spent waiting for orders.
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🧵What are the ILO and the EU doing to address the #digitaltransformation of work? In this new article @n_potocka and I examine a set of core initiatives such as the ILO’s Centenary Declaration on the #FutureOfWork and the EU Pillar of #SocialRights > bit.ly/IJCLLIRfl
We review the social acquis of both institutions and concentrate on the key analogies. They advocate towards building an adaptable labour market and securing the rights of non-standard workers, who are often excluded from the scope of labour and social protection
Over the last years, these institutions have acknowledged the vast potential brought about by technological progress, but also the urgency to ‘correct’ negative externalities that lead to profound vulnerabilities, social exclusion, and political resentment
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