Nearly every EU Member State has embraced teleworking and is now trying to regulate its multifaceted aspects. Even so, legislation is not yet consistent regarding the necessary distinction between private and working life.
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A microprocessor shortage is crippling many sectors, particularly the automotive industry. The USA and Europe are now exploring ways to limit their over-dependence on the Asian market
A conversation with the EU Commissioner for Employment and Social Rights on the eve of the European summit in Porto to discuss the Social Pillar Action Plan
Italy’s public digital ID system reaches 22% in 2020. Last year it was half that number. This new market is drawing an increasing number of startups
The space economy is innovating business models and opening up experimental services in several traditional and frontier sectors, such as space mining and tourism.
“We need to invest in public day-care centres, kindergartens, all-day schools. Women should not have to shoulder the whole burden of care”, says Linda Laura Sabbadini, president of the Engagement Group Women 20, “March 8th is an opportunity to reaffirm the strength of women, since they keep the country on its feet”
According to the European Commission, one worker in two will be aged over 65 in 2070. Hence the need to focus on active ageing both inside and outside companies. “It’s important to protect them, as we would lose a great deal without them,” says Giovanni Lamura, director of INRCA
Working women bore the main burden of the pandemic and consequent lockdown. Will things be the same next year too? Not for all and not necessarily. In some spheres, women hold the winning hand when it comes to jobs
Even when the health crisis is over, remote working will still be around. Some Italian companies were already moving in that direction before the pandemic, others are now catching up thanks to shift working and laptops. But across Europe, new regulations to manage agile working are under discussion
A StarNet report provides a snapshot of the situation: more than 2 million Italian youngsters are not in employment, education or training and over the past six years, the policies to help them have only gone halfway to solving the problem
LinkedIn’s latest insights on labour market trends: The number of sustainability professionals has increased by 13%. The demand for green jobs in Europe has grown 49% over the last year . And Milan ranks in the world’s top ten
Italians are free to travel again and quarantine is no longer compulsory. A holiday bonus’ of up to 500 euro offered to Italians who opt for a staycation.
Our country should stop selling cars with diesel or petrol engines by 2035 and switch to electric cars. New skills, new professional profiles and more research will be needed
“Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Laurie Santos at Yale, has become the most popular course in the history of the prestigious American university. Yet there is no shortage of examples in Italy as well
Software developers, engineers and computer scientists will be leading the first phase of creating a virtual reality for avatars. But eventually a detailed world will have to be created, and this will only be possible with architects, designers, mathematicians and many other professional profiles.