I nuovi rischi sociali e il welfare contrattuale in Italia

In the risk society the dimensions of social needs have grown, while the crisis of public finances forces the welfare systems to a process of recalibration and a gradual slowdown in the extent of its intervention. From this scenario, the paper analyzes the ways of spread of the occupational welfare in Italy, which is the set of interventions (in the form of benefits or services) to which workers can take advantage by reason of their employment. Using quantitative informations, the article highlights the general dimensions of the phenomenon, the spaces of integration with the public offering, the limits and the problems identified by empirical research on the subject.