Until a year ago the workers in smart working there were a few thousand nationwide. The advent of the pandemic has exploded smart working, which has now become the daily life of millions of people. According to Fim Cisl estimates, today they are over 500 thousand metalworkers who work, completely or partially, in agile mode, "but the significant and emergency experience linked to the pandemic must now give way to a sustainable and long-lasting model of smart working, which focuses on skills and which at the same time generates the ability to produce results for companies and well-being and satisfaction for those who work”, explains Roberto Benaglia, general secretary of Fim Cisl.
According to Benaglia, by virtue of the new reality, a new regulation is needed: “It is necessary get out of emergency management as soon as possible which removes any say in the matter from the worker and giving space to a negotiation that knows how to best regulate this working method is essential. Not only to improve people's life/work times but also the aspects related to training, safety and ergonomics, the right to disconnect and usability by removing many workers from the condition of loneliness and uncertainty in which they find themselves today".
The union, in collaboration with Adapt and the Catholic University of Milan has launched a research to know the real conditions of the workers metalworkers today in smart working. Workers are offered an online questionnaire to understand how much and how they work remotely, how relations are maintained with the company and how it all affects personal and family life. The purpose of the research is to “calibrate our best contractual policies on smart working”, but also to help the individual worker understand whether the smart working method he is carrying out is sustainable and compliant with the law or not.
The challenge is to promote and improve agile working by increasing the degree of control by workers while maintaining good conditions for agile living.
