The InappNational Institute for the Analysis of Public Policies, presented during a study day entitled “Agility work, definitions and measurement experiences” the latest report dedicated to the analysis of the smart working phenomenon and hybrid working.
According to the research results, the adoption of remote work is not continuing to grow impetuous that had characterized the emergency period linked to the pandemic.
Only 14.9% of employed people in Italy carry out part of their activities remotely, but the figure could be much higher (almost 40%) if we analyze the tasks performed. The share that actually translates into remote work is a minoritydespite the boom that occurred in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, when it went from 4.8% to 13.7%.
Sebastiano Fadda, President of INAPP, commented: “Carrying out a theoretically teleworkable profession is a necessary but not sufficient condition, so that you have the opportunity to experience remote work. The data tells us that the share of remote work varies from 25% for intellectual or executive professions to 2% for unskilled ones”.
“Behind this distribution there is certainly the different degree of feasibility of remote work in the different professions, but also the different managerial ability to adopt new organizational models of work by making use of new digital technologies,” added Fadda.
An opportunity not to be missed
According to the report, remote working is more common among university graduate, corporate, service and public sector employees. The ability to work remotely decreases as companies get smaller.
In 2021 only 13.3% of companies have adopted this method. Women, Northwest and Central residents, and high school graduates are more likely to work remotely.
Remote work it has therefore not become the paradigm shift that the pandemic seemed to have triggeredat least in our country. The return to normality is nullifying the potential of this innovation, due to the lack of renewals in the organization of work that combines remote and face-to-face work.
In 2019, only 14.6% of workers in Europe worked from home, with peaks such as the Netherlands reaching 37.2%. With the Covid emergency, some countries have seen an increase in smart working, while Italy has doubled its valuesbut with a slower growth rate.
The perception of teleworking also shows gender differences: men appreciate the greater autonomy, while women are more concerned about career prospectsunion rights and protections, and greater employer control.
