Returning to the office in less than a month will become a necessity for many employees. In fact, on July 1, the right to work smart ends for the most vulnerable people, both in the public and private sectors, and for parents with children up to 14 years old (in this case only in the private sector because this opportunity does not exist). Intended for civil servants.) According to the smart work observatory of Milan Polytechnic, there are currently about 3.6 million remote workers, almost 500,000 fewer than in 2021, representing about 14.9% of the total number of workers (data, national from the institute for public policy analysis). While it is true that in many cases the possibility to work remotely is given on the basis of companies’ own internal agreements, in many other cases it is precisely a state law enacted during Covid and is subject to a new extension in the near future. June. The goal is no longer just to prevent contamination, but to assist workers in the presence who are having the most difficulty performing their duties.
The issue of further extension of the sentence is under the attention of the government, but at the moment the majority has not gone too far. Even after the last extension, which came at the end of 2022, this shouldn’t be too surprising, considering that the executive only renewed its smart work regulation for fragile categories next February 2023.
Meanwhile, the opposition is pressing. The promotion of smart work is included in an amendment to the Labor Decree (to be voted on in the Senate on June 13) by a group of lawmakers from various parties. “Preserving the fragile should be a war of civilization, not a political war,” writes Orfeo Mazzella of Senator M5, one of the bill’s signatories, on Facebook. In addition to expanding the existing smart work regime, the amendment states that if a worker performs a job that cannot be done remotely, it “must be assigned to other tasks that will allow him to work without going to the factory or office.” Mazella. “To meet the entrepreneurial fabric,” the parliamentarian continues, “I have already urged the competent Ministry – through a parliamentary question – to provide tax or social security benefits to support employers that further protect vulnerable workers”. Of course, there is the source node. Extending smart work for civil servants until 31 December 2023 will cost the State 16-18m euros. Mind you, it’s not an exaggeration, but resources should still be found pretty quickly.
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Source: Today IT
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