The Enforceability of Social Clauses in Public Contracts: Problematic Issues between ‘Elasticity’ of Application and Effectiveness of Protections Objectives: this article aims to assess the effectiveness of social clauses specifically within the context of public contracts. Methodology: the research adopts a legal analysis methodology that, starting from the changed regulatory framework resulting from Legislative Decree No. 36/2023 (the so-called Public Contracts Code), utilizes the most recent jurisprudential and doctrinal developments to verify the actual scope of obligation and operability of the so-called ‘social clause’ in the event of a takeover of a service subject to a public tender with reference to workers already employed by the outgoing successful tenderer. Results: the contribution highlights the concrete unenforceability of protection for workers involved in public contracts, despite the innovations offered by Legislative Decree No. 36/2023 in the field of labour protection. Limitations and Implications: the research is limited to the area of public contracts and leads to a reflection on the necessary integration of the regulatory framework of labour law and public law. Originality: the contribution deals with a complex and not new issue in the landscape of industrial relations but extends to the analysis of the implications of the ‘new’ social clauses deriving from the NRRP.
Obiettivi: l’articolo si propone di valutare l’effettività delle clausole sociali nello specifico ambito degli appalti pubblici. Metodologia: la ricerca adotta una metodologia di analisi giuridica che, partendo dal mutato contesto normativo derivante dal d.lgs. n. 36/2023 (c.d. Codice degli appalti pubblici), si avvale dei più recenti approdi giurisprudenziali e dottrinali per verificare l’effettivo ambito di obbligatorietà e operatività della c.d. “clausola sociale” nell’ipotesi di subentro in un servizio oggetto di gara pubblica con riferimento ai lavoratori già impiegati dall’appaltatore aggiudicatario uscente. Risultati: il contributo mette in evidenza la concreta non esigibilità di tutela dei lavoratori implicati negli appalti pubblici, nonostante le novità offerte dal d.lgs. n. 36/2023 in materia di tutela del lavoro. Limiti e implicazioni: la ricerca è circoscritta all’ambito degli appalti pubblici e conduce ad una riflessione relativa alla necessaria integrazione del quadro regolatorio di matrice giuslavoristica e giuspubblicistica. Originalità: il contributo tratta una questione complessa e non nuova nel panorama delle relazioni industriali ma si estende all’analisi dell’implicazione delle “nuove” clausole sociali derivanti dal PNRR.
Lamberti, F. (2025). L’esigibilità delle clausole sociali negli appalti pubblici: profili problematici tra “elasticità” dell’applicazione ed effettività delle tutele. DIRITTO DELLE RELAZIONI INDUSTRIALI, 1/XXXV, 99-144.
L’esigibilità delle clausole sociali negli appalti pubblici: profili problematici tra “elasticità” dell’applicazione ed effettività delle tutele
lamberti fabiola
2025-01-01
Abstract
The Enforceability of Social Clauses in Public Contracts: Problematic Issues between ‘Elasticity’ of Application and Effectiveness of Protections Objectives: this article aims to assess the effectiveness of social clauses specifically within the context of public contracts. Methodology: the research adopts a legal analysis methodology that, starting from the changed regulatory framework resulting from Legislative Decree No. 36/2023 (the so-called Public Contracts Code), utilizes the most recent jurisprudential and doctrinal developments to verify the actual scope of obligation and operability of the so-called ‘social clause’ in the event of a takeover of a service subject to a public tender with reference to workers already employed by the outgoing successful tenderer. Results: the contribution highlights the concrete unenforceability of protection for workers involved in public contracts, despite the innovations offered by Legislative Decree No. 36/2023 in the field of labour protection. Limitations and Implications: the research is limited to the area of public contracts and leads to a reflection on the necessary integration of the regulatory framework of labour law and public law. Originality: the contribution deals with a complex and not new issue in the landscape of industrial relations but extends to the analysis of the implications of the ‘new’ social clauses deriving from the NRRP.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


