REMOTE WORKING: THE EXTENSION ARRIVES, BUT INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS REMAIN RELEVANT
The “Reopening Decree”, among the many innovations aimed at phasing out the emergency period, unexpectedly arranged for the extension of the special rules on remote working for the private sector until 30 June 2022. In fact, until a few days ago, it seemed that the end of the state of emergency – set for March 31, 2022 – would bring with it a revival of the ordinary discipline of remote work referred to in Legislative Decree 22 May 2017, n. 81. As known, it would have involved the necessary stipulation of an individual agreement between the worker and employer relating to the execution of the service in an agile working mode. This agreement should also have coordinated with the protocol on agile work, stipulated by the social partners on 7 December 2021 also with regard to corporate security and protection of privacy in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR and the current Privacy Code.
