Spunti di riflessione sui rischi professionali derivanti dall’iperproduttività autoindotta

Abstract

In recent years, the changing in the spatio-temporal dimension of work have clearly shown its dual nature: on one hand, it offers opportunities for reorganizing work methods to achieve a better balancing work and non-work time; on the other hand, it presents a risk (largely uncontrollable by the employer and often unconscious by the worker itself) to the health and safety of the worker. Given this premise – extensively analyzed by post-pandemic doctrine – the analysis conducted in this essay will compare other forms of unstructured work (such as home-based work, “computer work”, and telework) which were provided for by the legal system long before “smart working”, considering that as early as the 1980s, scholars questioned the future of work after the “technological revolution”. The objective is to focus on the new risk factors of hyper-connected work, also considering the results of collective agreements and protocols shared by social partners. To achieve this objective, it is essential to delve into the change in performance evaluation parameters – from performing tasks “during working hours” to working “by phases, cycles, and objectives” – highlighting the emergence of hyper-productivity (further incentivized by the proliferation of individual bonuses and incentives in company bargaining).