The extension of Article 36 of the Italian Constitution to self-employment: between jurisprudential closures and legal overtures

Abstract

The aim of the present study, starting from the renewed centrality of Article 35 of the Constitution postulating the protection of the work in all its forms and applications, is to investigate the possible (and necessary) extension of Article 36 of the Constitution to the area of self-employment. Through the review of jurisprudential interpretations and the legislative developments, the paper intends to find a point of synthesis that allows for the extensive application of the principle of fair pay to all personal work in favor of others.

Keywords

• self-employment
• self-employment protection
• fair remuneration
• sufficient and proportionate wage
• professional dignity