Background information

Software ICT company Combis, the fifth largest IT company in Croatia, has introduced a new working model for its 400 employees that allows a combination of both, office work and work from home. The company points out that flexibility has always been high on their list of priorities, both in relation to customers and project work, as well as in the corporate culture itself. According to Combis CEO the 'employees want higher mobility, flexibility and the ability to work from any location at any time, as well as from any device. Technology (and a good attitude) enables all of the above, so it is natural that ICT companies lead these changes, and transfer their experiences, new solutions and good practices to other companies' .

Content of measure

The feedback from the employees on working from home due to the coronavirus is highly positive, and the entire Combis business in a past few months has been more productive and more digital. The company has now taken a step further, so each person in the team can tailor their working time to their needs. From mid-June 2020, Combis employees, can choose between several working models which include different combinations of days spent working in the office and those working from home under the condition that working from home cannot make up more than 50% of the time. The new, flexible model has several options, so each employee can decide what suits her or him best in order to balance professional and personal life as successfully as possible.

Use of measure

All 400 employees of the company participate in this new organisational and working scheme.

Contents

• Telework
• Working time flexibility

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Applies to all workers	Does not apply to businesses	Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
Company / Companies	No special funding required

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	No involvement	No involvement
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• No involvement
• Main level of involvement: Company level

Involvement

Social partners were not involved in the design and implementation of the measure.

Views and reactions

Trade Unions are generally in support of all measures that contribute to better balance between professional and private life. Employers always advocate measures that could enable better business results.

Sectors and occupations

This case is not occupation-specific.

Sources

• 23 June 2020: Combis službeno uveo mobilni način rada (www.combis.hr)
• 24 June 2020: Combis trajno kombinira rad od kuće i iz ureda, ‘pilot’ je za HT grupu (www.poslovni.hr)
• 24 June 2020: Combis permamnetly combines work from home (www.poslovni.hr)