Despite a breakdown in negotiations with the trade unions, the Intensa Sanpaola bank, a large private sector employer (74,000 employees), has decided to offer some of its employees the opportunity to voluntarily work a ‘short week’, meaning working nine hours per day for four days per week. Intesa Sanpaolo's ‘new organisational model,’ which came into force in January 2023, also provides for a change in hybrid work.
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