Italy: Intesa Sanpaolo agreement has been signed on the four-day working week and hybrid working  National industrial relations The agreement signed between Intesa Sanpaolo and the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions augments measures Italy's leading bank has been implementing since January 2023. In it, notably the four-day working week and agile working are to be trialled in a considerable number of the banking networkâs branches, and conditions surrounding the right to disconnect are also clarified. Intesa Sanpaolo is Italy's largest private employer, with 74,000 employees.
Italy: TIM (formerly Telecom Italia) defines new hybrid working arrangements National industrial relations Improving the efficacy of hybrid work and saving energy by office closures and Fridays are the main objectives of the agreement that was signed on 22 November at Italyâs telecommunications giant TIM. This agreement potentially affects 32,000 employees who can work remotely from a total of the 42,000 staff employed by the group in Italy.
Free Poland: draft legislation proposed to combat alcoholism in the workplace and provide the basis for remote working National legislation On 07 June a bill amending the Labour Code was submitted to Polandâs lower house of Parliament (Sejm), which enables employers to utilise preventative means to curb employee alcoholism.…
Free Portugal: piloting the four-day working week National legislation Portugal is set to launch a pilot experiment to study new work organizations, which include the four-day working week and the use of hybrid working models (in-presence combined with telework).…
BNP Paribas signs its European charter on telework Transnational industrial relations On 06 April, the French banking group, together with the UNI Europa Finance trade union federation, the European Federation of Credit Institution Executives (FEDEC), and the bankâs European Works Council signed a common telework framework for the groupâs 22 EU countries operating in the EWCâs scope. The charter provides an opportunity to define teleworking schemes comprising up to 2.5 days of teleworking per week and proposes four compensation packages for the group's 132,000 employees in Europe.
Italy: aerospace, defence and security group, Leonardo introduces hybrid work Quality of life at work In an agreement signed on 08 March by Leonardo management and the FIOM-Cgil, FIM-Cisl and UILM trade unions, more than half of the groupâs workers (between 17,000 and 19,000 of the 30,000 staff in Italy), will be allowed to work remotely, on a voluntary basis, for up to between 8 and 10 days per month, depending on the sector and activity.
Free Italy: DHL Express experiments with smart working Quality of life at work A national framework agreement signed on 23 February by DHL Express Italy and the Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl and Uiltrasporti trade unions, sets out a smart working trial period that will start immediately after the national state of emergency ends on 31 March and will run from 01 April to 31 December 2022.…
Germany: the Versicherungskammer insurance group converts to âSmart Workingâ Quality of life at work Germany's 9th largest insurer has seized the opportunity presented by the Covid-19 pandemic to transform what had previously been a relatively traditional plan, aimed at making its working methods and structures more professional, into a smart working revolution. Katja Gerke, who heads the newly created Department for Organizational Development, answered Planet Labor's questions on the changes and outlined the ongoing process.
France: MGEN insurer extends teleworking to all group employees National industrial relations On 07 January 2022, MGEN (Mutuelle gĂ©nĂ©rale de l'Ăducation nationale) the mutual health and social security insurance group for those working in the French Ministry of National Education (including Higher Education, Training and Scientific Research & Innovation, Culture and Sport) adopted a new agreement on telework. Signed unanimously by the representative trade unions (UNSA, CFE-CGC, CFDT, and CGT), this text extends teleworking to all the group's entities, including the health centres. It also provides for the possibility of employees working remotely from any location on French territory. Unless the extraordinary teleworking arrangements that are currently in place are further extended, this new agreement will come into force on 01 March 2022.
Ireland: Bank of Ireland turning to its âremote working hubsâ to make work even more flexible Quality of life at work On 25 January 2022, the Irish bank, which employs roughly 10,000 staff, announced it was opening five additional remote working hubs, bringing the total number of its hybrid offices to 11. Located in small towns or places that make sense for employees in terms of commuting times, these remote working hubs mean employees can avoid travelling to the main offices and they can offer a complementary alternative for teleworking arrangements, a concept particularly backed by the government, which recently created a National Hub Network for start-ups, SMEs, and the self-employed.
