France: Generali entrusts remote work organisation to teams

The French business of Italian insurance group Generali has opted to let its teams draw up charters setting out arrangements for remote work, within the boundaries of an agreement that imposes a 40% rate of work in person and one day on site per week. According to Sylvie Peretti, the company's HR director, who spoke to Planet Labor, this level of autonomy is made possible by the support of managers and the maturity of the teams.
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At the end of November 2021, Generali and three trade unions struck an agreement that allows the insurer’s 8,000 employees in France work remotely 60% of the time. Remote work may be carried out in line with one of three formulas: fixed days in the week, fixed days and some floating days, or floating days in a monthly reference period. These days may be postponed or moved, both by the employee and the manager, in the event of exceptional circumstances, provided 48 hours’ notice is given.

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