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Italy is set to have 766 new labour
inspectors as part of efforts to boost workplace safety
following a spate of job-related accidents and deaths, according
to the draft of a new decree on implementation of Italy's
EU-funded post-Covid national recovery and resilience plan
(NRRP).
Premier Giorgia Meloni's cabinet is set to examine the decree on
Monday.
The measure will make it possible to press ahead with 466
labour-inspector hires that had been put on ice and also launch
the procedure to recruit an additional 300.
The draft of the decree also contains a chapter on labour that
includes measures to prevent and combat irregular employment, a
hot topic in Italy after a structural collapse at a building
site in Florence on February 16 left five construction workers
dead and three seriously injured.
Specifically, the provisions are said to include the
introduction of a compulsory points-based 'licence' for
contractors and self-employed workers operating at temporary or
mobile construction sites, issued by the National Labour
Inspectorate following registration with the chamber of commerce
on fulfilment of certain conditions including training
obligations and possession of a valid certificate of social
security contributions compliance (DURC), risk assessment
document and tax compliance certificate.
Licence holders would start with 30 points and be allowed to
work with a minimum of 15 points.
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