Italy: Vodafone signs a smart working agreement to transform its organization and strengthen its work-life balance and inclusion policy

The agreement, reached with the telecommunications sector unions and the central staff representation RSU body on 29 October, will apply after the end of the health emergency period. The agreement concerns all of Vodafone Italy’s 6,000 employees and provisionally provides for between 60%-80% of working time to function in agile mode. Smart working is part of the company’s broader policy of work-life balance and inclusion and accordingly new measures are being introduced for people with disabilities, for carers, young parents, single parents, and employees who are victims of domestic violence. It also includes the introduction of ‘inclusive’ parental leave that takes new forms of parenthood into account.
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The agreement that was signed with the national and regional secretariats of the SLC-CGIL, fistel-CISl, UILCOM-UIL trade unions and Vodafone’s central RSU (staff representation body), will come into force when the health emergency ends. It provides for the implementation of smart working on a trial basis of up to 80% of monthly working hours for employees in the customer service departments and of up to 60% for employees in other departments. According to the group, the last few months have sho

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