Italy: Labor Minister presents guidelines on work-life balance

Titled “New industrial and labor relations supporting balance policies,” Labor Minister Maurizio Sacconi submitted to the social partners, on March 1st, his draft agreement on the guidelines to encourage “work-life balance.”  Aiming for the social partners to sign an agreement on march 7th, at their next meeting, the day before International Women’s Day, the Minister suggests they acknowledge “the importance of flexible working time for workers and businesses alike” and the “need to encourage greater and better use, on a voluntary basis meeting the company’s needs, of telework and conventional systems for reduced, adjusted and flexible work.”
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rnational Women’s Day, the Minister suggests they acknowledge “the importance of flexible working time for workers and businesses alike” and the “need to encourage greater and better use, on a voluntary basis meeting the company’s needs, of telework and conventional systems for reduced, adjusted and flexible work.”


The role of collective bargaining. Saying that an “effective revival” of balance policies should go through the evolution of collective bargaining, notably emphasis on the local leve

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