Italy: energy and oil social partners renew collaboration with Inail on health and safety

On April 30, Inail - the National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work -, Confindustria Energia, the Femca-Cisl, Filctem-CGIL and Uiltec-Uil unions signed a framework agreement covering the 44 firms affiliated with the employers’ organization and their approximately 31,000 employees, in order to promote health and safety at work.  Among other things, this agreement aims to support and develop the chain management system on health, security and environment in the sector’s businesses.  The guidelines were laid out in a deal between the signing parties in 2008.
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The agreement signed on April 30 by the social partners in the oil and energy industry* together with the Inail will help “strengthen experiences developed as part of previous cooperation and create new protection mechanisms on the themes of prevention and security,” explained Massimo De Felice, head of the Institute which is, since the Single Text on health and safety (Act No. 81/2008, see article No. 080334) “the only public organization in the institutional system in charge of health and s

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