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The COVID-19 pandemic is bringing immense pressure to bear on labour law and social security institutions in all countries of the world, while having a major impact on work-life balance. The total lockdown, also of schools and higher education, the unprecedented fall in the level of production, the reduced possibility of relying on other family members, friends and domestic workers, traditionally constituting the essential pillars of formal and informal caring, in addition to working from home with children doing their schooling online (in large part on the parents' shoulders) have compelled families to face new and abrupt organizational changes. The aim of this article is to investigate the legislative measures such as parental leave (ordinary and emergency) adopted in Italy aimed at supporting families during the pandemic, with a view to assessing their effectiveness and the impact on the Italian labour market during and after the pandemic. For this purpose, the socio-economic and legal framework dealing with parental leave before the COVID-19 emergency will be outlined, followed an the analysis of the emergency measures to provide support for parents, concluding with some reflections on possible future developments.

This book addresses the impact of Covid-19 on employment relations and provides a reconstruction and a critical assessment of the measures enacted worldwide to tackle the economic and social crisis triggered by the global health emergency. The pandemic has been a booster of critical issues that for years have been silently shaping society and the labor market and so it can represent an opportunity to relaunch a critical analysis on the future of work. Beginning from this assumption, this book collects contributions from different disciplines, including law, economics and organization theory. It covers topics such as the measures enacted to protect workers' health and cushion the labour, the new inequalities that emerged during the pandemic and the strategies to construct a sustainable and human-centred development in the post pandemic scenario. It is highly relevant to scholars and students of organisation studies, resilience, the labour market and labour law.

Contributing to recent debate on the emergence of digital and agile work, this book explores the implications for labour and employment relations within and beyond organizational boundaries. Taking a multidisciplinary approach to the key issues and challenges of digitalization, this collection covers topics such as the gig economy, crowdworking and Industry 4.0. Theory and analysis are combined as the authors examine the impact of digital and smart work on organization, HRM and labour law. With comprehensive empirical evidence for those interested in understanding the more complex trajectories of today's transforming work relationships, this book will not only appeal to students and academics but also to policy-makers, trade unionists and employers' organizations.

To be aggrieved by "misperception discrimination" in the workplace / D. Wendy Greene -- Work-life balance and the use of child-care leave by fathers serving in the military : the case of Konstantin Markin v. Russia / Elena Gerasimova -- Disability and age discrimination in employment: compliance of Russian law with international labour standards / Nikita L. Lyutov -- Psychosocial risk of harassment at work: comparative research of French and Italian experience with possible implications for Russia / Elena Synchenko -- Low-wage workers and employment benefits in the United States : a bleak forecast, Trina Jones -- The use of paternity leave in the private sector: the role of company-level welfare provisions / Maddalena Cannito -- Flexibility tools for part-time work: the Italian Jobs Act / Carla Spinelli -- Well-being and through digitial work? / Marco Tufo -- Improving return to work and disability management in the developing world: pointers emanating from international instruments, standards and guidelines / Marius Olivier & Avinash Govindjee -- Fit@work : the comprehensive health and well-being programme of the European Commision / Marius Olivier & Avinash Govindjee -- Company-level welfare and public policies in care services / Daniela Oliva & Giorgio Luigi Risso -- The adverse impact of unemployment on mental health in the province of Modena, Italy / Tindara Addaboo, Elena Sarti & Favrizio Starace