Italy: directives from the Labour Ministry to clarify some provisions of the “123 law” on safety

After the interpretation difficulties of the "123 law" of August 3, 2007 (see our article n° 070690) on safety in the workplace pointed out by the INAIL (National Institute of insurance against industrial accidents), the Labour Minister published, on November 24, 2007, directives clarifying the provisions concerning the Labour Inspectorate's powers to suspend the company's activity for security reasons and those on the obligation for workers from subcontracting companies to wear a badge. (Ref. 071011)
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Suspending the company’s activity by the decision from the Labour Inspectorate. Until the l123 aw came into effect, the decision to suspend the activity could be taken in the event of a violation of labour standards (20% or more of the workforce composed of illegal workers, violation of provisions concerning working time…) Now, with the new law, this decision also comes for “serious repeated offenses in terms of safety” during the company’s last five years of business: the Labour Ministry speci

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