Home » HR practices » Quality of life at work » Italy: collective negotiations are starting to introduce the right to disconnect from work Italy: collective negotiations are starting to introduce the right to disconnect from work In Italy there is a longstanding tradition of overlooking the right to disconnect from work and the right does not feature in overall labor regulation. It does however feature in the law that frames smart working (c.f. articles No. 10206 and No. 10886), by which is meant working outside of company premises for one to two days per week. An increasing prevalence of agile work and the growth of technologies enabling remote working has spurred Italy’s social partners to address the ‘disconnect’ topic, and ahead of negotiations to renew national collective conventions, the right to disconnect from work is starting to make an appearance both within company labor agreements and on the trade unions’ demands platforms. Through . Published on 23 May 2019 à 14h15 - Update on 23 May 2019 à 16h12 Resources Legal provision. Law 81 of 22 May 2017 defines smart working as a means of undertaking salaried work without working time or workplace constraints that is made possible via the use of technology-based tools, and it intends for the right to disconnect from work within the framework of individually written agreements that companies are required to put in place for each of the employees concerned. Whether smart working derives from HR practice or via agreements struck with trade unions,… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageCommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels