Smart working: what it is and what rights and duties are
Smart working is a working mode of the employment relationship, established by agreement between the parties (employer and worker) without precise constraints of time or workplace.
The smart working’s definition, which comes from Law n. 81/2017, underlines the organizational flexibility, the voluntary nature of the parties who sign the individual agreement and the use of tools that allow working remotely.
Agile workers are guaranteed equal treatment - economic and regulatory - than their colleagues who work in ordinary ways. Therefore, their protection in accidents and occupational diseases is envisaged.
From 15 November 2017, the employer must send the signed agreement through the appropriate IT platform made available on the service portal of the Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policies.
The Covid-19 emergency has highlighted the usefulness of smart working, although it was not very widespread before the pandemic.
Therefore, the law has facilitated the use of smart working, introducing "simplified" access to it without the obligation of an agreement between the company and the employee.
