In December 2015, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) concluded a company agreement implementing Smart Working (SW) in its Italian operations. This is the latest foray into this increasingly popular form of working organization that attempts to integrate new technology and the flexibility afforded by the same into changing management patterns. Here is a quick tour of different businesses’ experiences with SW across various sectors including Tetra Pak, Barilla, Vodafone Italia, Telecom Italia, Intesa San Paolo, and American Express.
PwC’s agreement signed in December 2015 launched a 12-month pilot project for the leader in audit, accounting and advisory services that will apply to 4,000 employees across 22 towns in the country. The Smart Working (SW) agreement was signed with Fiscacat Cisl and aims to extend positive results achieved from a previous trial carried out in Milan during Expo 2015. The PwC agreement follows the broad lines of other union SW agreements implemented in Italy by including employee voluntary adhesion and cancellation at any time by simple notification. Depending on specific technical and production logistics, workers, in principle, will be able to carry out up to 50% of their working time outside their office premises.
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