Italy: banking sector social partners sign new protocol on reorganisation of work amid gradual lifting of lockdown

The new protocol, which entered into force on Monday 4 May, the date on which the easing of lockdown commenced in Italy (almost exclusively concerning production activities), redefines the organisation of work and services for the public. The main new feature is that work can be organised into shifts and that working hours can be spread out between 7am and 7.30pm. The unions believe that this so-called “phase 2” is “definitely more delicate than the first emergency phase”, in other words, the initial period of strict lockdown.