Smart working (agile work): meaning

Smart working, defined by Italian Law 81/2017 as a way of performing the employment relationship without fixed constraints of place and working hours, is an output-oriented model based on a written individual agreement. Accountability shifts from monitoring attendance to checking output: it does not prescribe where or when people work, but defines the goals to be achieved.

Distinctive: without fixed constraints of place and working hours
Distinctive: accountability shifts from monitoring attendance to checking output
Essential: output-oriented model
Essential: written individual agreement
Constant: way of performing the employment relationship

Glossary

Smart working (agile work)

An output-oriented model that removes fixed constraints of place and working hours, based on a written individual agreement. Accountability shifts from monitoring attendance to checking output.