At Tiss’You, the working week is being cut from 37.5 to 32 hours, with no change to pay or workers’ rights. The move is set out in an agreement signed by the company with the industry federations of CSdL and CDLS. Under the new schedule, work will be spread over four days, from Monday to Thursday, with a degree of daily flexibility within an agreed time band.
The agreement takes effect from 1 November 2026 and runs until 31 December 2028, automatically renewing each year unless either side gives notice to terminate it. Holidays, leave, public holidays, the thirteenth-month payment, seniority, pay increments and company bonuses will all continue to be granted at the same levels set out in the industry sector contract for the 37.5-hour week.
According to the unions, changes to the organisation of work have allowed the company to shorten working hours while still safeguarding production needs.
Paride Neri, secretary of the CDLS Industry Federation, sees the agreement as a starting point for discussions with institutions and social partners on how to share out the benefits of organisational and technological progress.
“We are well aware that every company has its own characteristics, and that this experience cannot simply be transferred wholesale to every productive reality.”
Agostino D’Antonio, secretary of the CSdL Industry Federation, points out that reducing working hours has been a central issue in collective bargaining since the late 1990s.
In the industrial sector, that process led to the current 37.5-hour week, while in other areas—particularly care work—hours can still reach as high as 48 a week.
“We hope that this agreement, a pilot experience for San Marino, can pave the way for similar arrangements at other companies, under the same wage and regulatory conditions.”
