In a national regulatory framework characterized by the now structural non-implementation of the second part of Article 39 of the Italian Constitution and the persistent political choice not to proceed with the legal determination of minimum wages, an attempt is made in this paper to summarize what are, at present, and to hypothesize what could be, in the future, some areas of intervention remitted to contracting stations for the economic protection of employees employed in labor-intensive public service contracts. And also, what contribution would be conceivable in this regard from EU law