Italy: almost one third of big business uses ‘Smart Working’

30% of large companies have put ‘smart working’ structures in place, up from 17% in 2015 and the country now boasts some 250,000 ‘smart workers’ (flexible working times and places of work), which amounts to 7% out of the combined total of Italy’s employees, senior staff and executives, marking a 40% rise since 2013. Thus are the main results from the 5th report by the l’Osservatorio Smart Working de la School of Management – Politecnico di Milano, presented on 12 October.

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In addition 11% of companies reported having proposed ‘smart working’ arrangements even in the absence of any formalized structure, whilst 13% indicated their intention to introduce ‘smart work’. “2016 has marked a turning point in Italy’s ‘smart working’ experience: institutional awareness of the growing business commitment to such projects has led to a draft law being discussed by parliament,” stated Mariano Corso, Professor of Organization and Human Resources and Research head at the Osservatorio.…

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