The Swiss Federal Council has announced the signing of an amending protocol to the 2020 agreement with Italy regarding cross-border commuters (frontier workers). The amending protocol must be ratified before entering into force and, once in force, will replace a temporary agreement signed in 2023 that allows cross-border commuters to work from home (telework) for up to 25% of their working time without this entailing any change in their status as a cross-border commuter within the meaning of the 2020 agreement. This applies from 1 January 2024 under the temporary agreement and is made permanent from that date under the...