Corporate welfare
The evolution of corporate welfare and its prospects are addressed in a thesis discussed at the University of Padua
Well-being in the workplace is a crucial factor in business success. This is now a reality for many manufacturing organisations, but not all. Even though welfare is now an integral part of employment contracts. Giorgia Scomparin explores this topic in her thesis, which she presented at the University of Padua’s Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies.
Scomparin begins with the following observation: in recent years, corporate welfare has played an increasingly important role in the organisational strategies of many Italian companies. However, this observation only appears trivial on the surface, as Scomparin herself points out: having started out as a supplement to public welfare, ‘corporate welfare has become a real benefits system aimed at improving the well-being of workers, increasing productivity, and retaining staff at a lower cost to companies than normal salary payments’.
Today, we are dealing with what experts refer to as work-life balance and quality of working life, which has made corporate welfare an increasingly widespread strategic tool, encouraged by legislators through tax advantages.
However, Scomparin notes that ‘alongside the benefits, there are also important critical issues’, and it is these that the research focuses on. In particular, it examines the selective nature of the model, which risks creating inequalities between workers, regions, and productive sectors. Furthermore, Scomparin claims that ‘the tax exemption granted to company benefits leads to a loss of revenue for the state, with potential repercussions on the financing of public welfare’.
The research then analyses the phenomenon of corporate welfare in Italy, starting with its definition and regulatory evolution. It then examines the advantages and critical issues, and proposes prospects for sustainable and fair development.
While Giorgia Scomparin’s work does not introduce any significant new findings into the subject of welfare and its developments, it greatly merits bringing order to an issue that remains of significant interest for fostering good corporate culture.
Il welfare aziendale in Italia: vantaggi, criticità e prospettive future tra pubblico e privato
Giorgia Scomparin
Thesis, University of Padua Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, International Relations, Human Rights, 2025
The evolution of corporate welfare and its prospects are addressed in a thesis discussed at the University of Padua
Well-being in the workplace is a crucial factor in business success. This is now a reality for many manufacturing organisations, but not all. Even though welfare is now an integral part of employment contracts. Giorgia Scomparin explores this topic in her thesis, which she presented at the University of Padua’s Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies.
Scomparin begins with the following observation: in recent years, corporate welfare has played an increasingly important role in the organisational strategies of many Italian companies. However, this observation only appears trivial on the surface, as Scomparin herself points out: having started out as a supplement to public welfare, ‘corporate welfare has become a real benefits system aimed at improving the well-being of workers, increasing productivity, and retaining staff at a lower cost to companies than normal salary payments’.
Today, we are dealing with what experts refer to as work-life balance and quality of working life, which has made corporate welfare an increasingly widespread strategic tool, encouraged by legislators through tax advantages.
However, Scomparin notes that ‘alongside the benefits, there are also important critical issues’, and it is these that the research focuses on. In particular, it examines the selective nature of the model, which risks creating inequalities between workers, regions, and productive sectors. Furthermore, Scomparin claims that ‘the tax exemption granted to company benefits leads to a loss of revenue for the state, with potential repercussions on the financing of public welfare’.
The research then analyses the phenomenon of corporate welfare in Italy, starting with its definition and regulatory evolution. It then examines the advantages and critical issues, and proposes prospects for sustainable and fair development.
While Giorgia Scomparin’s work does not introduce any significant new findings into the subject of welfare and its developments, it greatly merits bringing order to an issue that remains of significant interest for fostering good corporate culture.
Il welfare aziendale in Italia: vantaggi, criticità e prospettive future tra pubblico e privato
Giorgia Scomparin
Thesis, University of Padua Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, International Relations, Human Rights, 2025