Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » National legislation » Italy: government facilitates smart-working in 6 Northern Italy regions that are battling with the coronavirus outbreak Italy: government facilitates smart-working in 6 Northern Italy regions that are battling with the coronavirus outbreak Through . Published on 26 February 2020 à 13h12 - Update on 16 March 2020 à 17h25 Resources A new Ministerial decree gives employers in six northern regions recourse to agile working arrangements for their employees, even in the absence of individual written agreements as intended by the Law 81, 2017 that regulates smart-working. The decree is valid until 15 March and the regions concerned are: Lombardy, Veneto, Piedmont, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna and Friuli. The decree also applies to all employees living in the six regions but working outside of these. The statement from the Labor Ministry from 26 February clarified that legally mandatory information procedures could be carried out online by way of documentation provided by the INAIL, the National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work. Since the start of the week of 24 February, major businesses in the Lombardy region have been augmenting their smart-working provisions (c.f. article No. 11676). Managing the fallout of Covid-19 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 messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.CommentsThis 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