With schools closed in a large part of the country and only set to gradually reopen after the Easter period, the agreement signed on 18 March at Autostrade per l'Italia (Aspi, Italy’s major motorway management company), and which runs for one month from 22 March, provides agile working parents a specific ‘right to disconnect’ for 1.5 hours every morning, so they can support their children while they learn online.
This is a landmark initiative in Italy. The agreement signed by Aspi management and the Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti, SLA-Cisal and UGL Viabilità trade unions aims to facilitate parents’ lives given the country made the decision to shut schools once the Covid-19 related data deteriorate. The agreement also seeks to provide a solution to what it identifies as a currently acute problem, namely that many smart-working parents encounter difficulties working while their children are also taking
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