Born in Lomello (Pavia), she graduated with honours in Law on 13 December 1972 from the University of Pavia. She has been a member of the Italian Bar since 1975 and is admitted to practise before the Supreme Court of Cassation. She is also a member of the Bar Council of Pavia.
Formerly a researcher at the University of Pavia and, from 1986, Full Professor of Labour Law at the University of Turin, she became, in 1991, Full Professor of Labour Law at the University of Pavia’s Faculty of Law. On 20 January 2020, she was appointed Professor Emerita of Labour Law at the University of Pavia.
On 11 June 2022, Pope Francis appointed her as an Appellate Judge of the Tribunal of the Vatican City State. She founded and directed the Advanced Course in Labour Law at the University of Pavia until 2019. From the 2018/2019 academic year, she served as Adjunct Professor of Comparative Trade Union Law at Luiss Guido Carli University. Since 2025, she has been a lecturer on the ABI Master’s programme “Industrial Relations and Human Resources Management in the Banking and Financial Sector”. She is a certified specialist lawyer in labour law and social security law.
She has held a number of institutional appointments: from 2002 to 2009, she was a member of the Guarantee Commission for the implementation of the law on strikes in essential public services, also serving as editor of its periodical publication. She was also a member of the ministerial commission entrusted with drafting the “Workers’ Statute”, as well as of the ministerial commissions on the reform of social shock absorbers and on tackling in-work poverty.
From 2009 to 2012 and again from 2015 to 2018, she served on the executive board of the Italian Association of Labour Law and Social Security (A.I.D.L.a.S.S.). From 2013 to 2023, she was a member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Employment Lawyers Association (AGI).
Alongside her legal practice, she pursues extensive research and editorial activity. She is the Italy reporter for the International Labour Law Reports (Kluwer); Co-Editor of Diritto delle Relazioni Industriali (Giuffrè); a member of the referees’ committee of Diritti Lavori Mercati (Esi); a member of the scientific committee of Argomenti di diritto del lavoro (La Tribuna); a member of the editorial board of the Massimario di Giurisprudenza del Lavoro; a member of the evaluation committee of Variazioni su temi di Diritto del Lavoro (Giappichelli); a member of the board of guarantors of Labor (Pacini Giuridica); and a member of the Biagi–D’Antona Committee.
She is the author of numerous publications on trade union law, labour law and social security law, including the textbook Diritto sindacale, Giappichelli, Turin, 2024, 5th ed., and the textbook Diritto del lavoro, Giappichelli, Turin, 2025, 4th ed.
Her professional practice covers all areas of labour law, assisting both employers and employees in disputes relating to individual employment relationships, trade union law, public employment and social security law.
Pay and its functions. Ca' Foscari University, Venice, 9:30 a.m.
Public procurement and labour protection. Seminar for PhD candidates in labour law. 5 May 2026, University of Pavia, Aula Scarpa, 2:00 p.m. - Italian Association of Labour Law and Social Security (AIDLaSS).
Workplace trade union representatives and collective bargaining after Constitutional Court ruling no. 156/2025. Vicenza, 17 April 2026, 3:00 p.m. - National Centre for Labour Law Studies 'Domenico Napoletano'.
Rereading Giuseppe Pera. The taste of labour law. 11 April 2026, 9:30 a.m., Casa Diocesana di Arliano - Arliano.
Autonomy, subordination, new forms of work: legal categories and regulation. Lecture within the Advanced Course in Labour Law. 12 March 2026, 2:30 p.m., Department of Law, University of Pavia.
Dismissals and protections: substantive and procedural profiles and evolving scenarios, in light of Constitutional Court case law. Florence, 27 February 2026, 2:30 p.m., University of Florence.
Rereading Giuseppe Pera. The taste of labour law. 11 April 2026, 9:30 a.m., Casa Diocesana di Arliano, Arliano.
Workplace trade union representatives: what changes after Constitutional Court ruling no. 156 of 30 October 2025? Milan, 19 February 2026, 2:30 p.m., Catholic University.
European legislation on adequate minimum wages and the Court of Justice. 3 February 2026, 2:45 p.m., Pavia, University of Pavia, Aula Foscolo.
Trade union representativeness, worker participation and employer powers in the new technological scenarios. Session 4, chaired by Mariella Magnani. Trade union representativeness in the private sector. Bertinoro, 14 October 2025.
The 'hot' summer of labour law. Study conference. Milan, 31 October 2025, 11:30 a.m., Aula SF301, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
On women. Men speak. The male point of view on gender equality. Pavia, 16 September 2025, 3:00 p.m.
Dismissals in small businesses. Between referendum and Constitutional Court. Pavia, 24 June 2025, 2:45 p.m., Aula Scarpa, University of Pavia.
Sustainable Enterprise and Labour Law: A Comparative Perspective. Florence, University of Florence, Social Sciences Campus, 5 May 2025, 10:00 a.m., Aula D4 102.
The effects of artificial intelligence on businesses and workers. Legal aspects and regulation. Rome, 30 January 2025, 3:00 p.m., Arel, Piazza Sant'Andrea della Valle 6.
Questions and assessments on half a century of labour law. Milan, 22 January 2025, 3:00 p.m., Graduation Hall of the Faculty of Political, Economic and Social Sciences, via Conservatorio 7.
EU Regulation 2024/1689, artificial intelligence and labour law. Prospects for personal rights, the labour market, social security and industrial relations. Rome, 22-23 January 2025, Aula Tesi, School of Economics and Business Studies, Roma Tre University.
Comparison and trends in European labour law. Milan, Bocconi University, 28 October 2024, 10:45 a.m.
Centenary of the founding of the Department of Law of the Catholic University. Milan, 24 October 2024, 10:00 a.m.
Advanced course in Labour Law. Pavia, 4 July 2024, University of Pavia.
Labour law and global value chains. Pavia, 4 June 2024, 3:00 p.m., Aula Scarpa, University of Pavia.
21st AIDLaSS National Congress. 'Anti-discrimination law and transformations of work', Messina, University of Messina, 23-25 May 2024.
Work organization and new forms of collaboration within the enterprise. Bocconi University, Milan, 3:00 p.m.
9th AGI Tuscany Regional Conference. Pay between minimum wage and labour costs. Pisa, 15 December 2023, University, Palazzo della Sapienza, Aula Magna.
Artificial intelligence and the legal profession: opportunities and risks. Pavia, Aula Foscolo, University of Pavia, 1 December 2023. Organized by: Pavia Bar Association.
Webinar 'Labour law in the dialogue between scholarship and case law'. Organized by ADL.
Labour law and civil law. The themes of a dialogue between protection techniques, inclusion and emancipation. On the occasion of the publication of the 'Essays in honour of Oronzo Mazzotta'. Pisa, 25 October 2023.
Combating the gender pay gap in recent legislative measures. Pavia, Sala Bianca, Almo Collegio Borromeo, 13 October 2023.
AGI National Conference 2023, Lucca, 5-7 October 2023.
The new purposes of the suspension of working time in transition. Montepulciano, 14 September 2023.