Il lavoro da remoto tra terziarizzazione, digitalizzazione e trasformazioni delle relazioni di impiego

The Covid pandemic forced companies to use remote work. Even in Italy, where remote work had been scarcely used, its diffusion was fast and wide. We argue that its success resides in the fact that it relies on some important trends already underway. Firstly, the pandemic in Europe hits a high tertiaried society. The intensive use of remote work would not have been possible in a predominantly manufacturing context, where most of the activities require the workers’ presence. Secondly, the digitalization process had been underway for decades, and companies already had the communication technologies essential for managing remote work. Thirdly, remote work exacerbates the ongoing process of flexibilization of employment relations in terms of spaces/times of work.