Goodbye smart working for fragile workers and with children under 14? In the Aid decree bis just approved by the Draghi government there is no trace of extension of smart working for these categories of workers. Request for an extension of smart working as of 31 October advanced by the Minister of Labor, Andrea Orlando, to the CDM was not accepted due to lack of resources. Match postponed in all probability at the venue conversion of the decree into law, therefore within 60 days.
Extended several times due to the persistence of the health emergency, simplified smart working was recognized until 31 August compared to the previous deadline of 30 June 2022. But let's see how things stand and what changes for smart working from XNUMXst September.
Smart working from 2022st August XNUMX
From 2022 August XNUMX, the favorable regime for access to the remote workby vulnerable workers and parents with children under 14. However, nothing prevents companies (usually upon request from the interested parties) from granting smart working anyway.
It should be remembered that employers are in any case required to prioritize access to the following category:
- workers or workers with children up to twelve years of age;
- male or female workers with disabled children (without age limits);
- workers with disabilities in a situation of ascertained seriousness or caregivers.
Smart working: what changes from September XNUMXst
From 2022 September XNUMX, on the other hand, smart working in the sector private it will only be possible after signing an agreement between the parties which must be signed in the act of hiring or at a later time, but before remote work begins. For the national protocol on agile working, signed in December 2021, the agreement between the parties must include certain elements such as the terms of smart working, rest times and the "right to disconnect", work tools and rights and the duties of workers.
Is in the public, what changes for smart working? It certainly remains a "useful" tool to counter the spread of Covid-19 in the workplace and particularly encouraged especially for the protection of fragile workers, at least until October 31, 2022. No obligation, therefore, but only an invitation.
Italy last in Europe in agile work
Italy slows down the race for smart working. In the post pandemic I am alone 2,9 million remote workers, 37,2% of the potential 8 million smart workers in our country. This is what emerges from the analysis of Randstad Research according to which it is a countertrend compared to other European countries which are registering an acceleration towards smart working even in the aftermath of the most stringent anti-Covid measures.
The study, based on data Istat ed Eurostat, notes that out of the total employed, just 13% of Italian workers work from home and in different ways. Specifically, 5,9% for two or more days a week and 7,1% less than two days a week.
However, if we analyze the data of those who work from home for at least half of the time, comparing it with other European countries, we discover that Italy is in last place and is "pulling the brake" on remote work. The percentage of occupied who work at least half of the hours from home rose from 3,6% in 2019 to 12,2% in 2020, to then drop to 8,3% in 2021. While in the same period the EU average went from 5,4, 2019% in 13,4 to 2021% in XNUMX in constant growth.
Comparison with Europe
Almost everywhere in Europe there is a continuous increase in smart working in the three-year period 2019-2021. There medium European of employees who often work in smart went from 5,4% in 2019 to 12% in 2020 to 13,4% in 2021.
In Ireland, in first place in the standings, went from 7% in 2019 to 32% in 2021. In Belgium from 6,9% to 26,2%. In Germany from 5,2% to 17%. Italy is the only country in the Europe of 27, together with Spain, to show a decline in 2021 compared to the previous year. It went from 3,6% in 2019 to 12,2% in 2020, to then drop to 8,3% at the end of 2021.
