Italy's labour ministry said on
Tuesday that 59% of companies that had been inspected in the
first half of the year had staff working under irregular
conditions, a higher rate than the same period the previous
year.
During investigations, inspectors challenged businesses for
18,215 employees who were working off the books, and ordered
3,873 companies to suspend operations due to their use of
undeclared staff.
Some of the main violations inspectors dealt with in the
January-June period included overtime work infringements and
failure to ensure health and safety standards.
The ministry also noted "the significant increase in
irregularities of a criminal nature, relating to the protection
of working mothers and the use of illegal foreign workers."
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