The agreement signed at the end of May by management at the Italian subsidiary of French pharmaceutical group Sanofi and the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec unions is unique in Italy. It allows employees at the company’s headquarters (excluding scientific representatives and production site staff) to practise so-called ‘smart working’ for up to 5 days a week until 31 December 2020, with equipment provided to facilitate working from home. For the group, these changes are not solely about fostering remote working but rather truly agile working arrangements, with a view to helping carve “the working culture of tomorrow”.
Sanofi’s Italian business has often been pioneering when it comes to human resources policies. The company was one of the forerunners of agile working in Italy, implementing smart working from 2014 (applicable to around 300 people before the health crisis) and signed an agreement with the trade unions three years ago to eliminate the monitoring employee working hours (see article n°10339).
Comfort and safety when working from home. While the state of health emergency is scheduled to end on 31 July (although the government is considering an extension until 31 October), Sanofi’s head office employees, excluding managers, will be able to practise smart working for up to 5 days a week until 31 December 2020.
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