Italy: first collective agreement for innovation professions

The news. Approximately 200,000 highly skilled italian employees in innovation, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), and the knowledge economy will benefit from a collective agreement for the first time. Presented in late March by the trade unions—Federazione STEM, CSE, CIU UnionQuadri, and Sindacato Nazionale Ingegneri—and the employers’ organisation FederItaly, the text establishes a flexible organisational model. It hinges on objective-based work, employee responsibility