ABSTRACT
The enterprise pact is based on rules of law which respect employers and employees but also on a conventional network that goes from the national inter-professional agreement to the individual employment contract. The legal and regulatory standards are primarily intended to protect workers, and they are hierarchical, each of them being validated by its conformity to that which is superior to it. Labor law is deeply affected by international law and jurisprudence. This is reflected, among other things, in the minimalism of the labor law provisions of the treaties and the restrictions introduced by the Services Directive. The law that was originally the essential source of labor law continues, to play, in this area, a primary role, despite the rise of negotiated sources. The transformation into law of an inter-professional agreement, finally, is optional and does not limit the use by Parliament of its right of amendment.
