Removal of the Ispesl. Researchers, engineers, doctors and employees occupied, yesterday morning, the headquarters of the Higher Institute for Prevention and Occupational Safety, the job of which will now be performed by the National Institution for Insurance against Accidents at Work (Inail). The staff (1,200 people including 600 precarious workers) learned in the press that their institution was listed among the “useless structure” the government is cutting via the new decree containing budget restrictions (see our dispatch No. 100424). However, for 30 years, the Ispesl has been “guaranteeing a contribution of irreplaceable knowledge, experience and preparation for the Italian productive system in the area of the protection of workers’ health and safety” it reminded, a work both recognized by the national and international scientific community and by union and employers’ organizations. Working with the International Health Organization, a “focal point” of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (Bilbao), the Ispesl is also the technical referent for several national and local organizations, in addition to helping the Labor and Health Departments as well as regions and provinces develop their health plans.
ontaining budget restrictions (see our dispatch No. 100424). However, for 30 years, the Ispesl has been “guaranteeing a contribution of irreplaceable knowledge, experience and preparation for the Italian productive system in the area of the protection of workers’ health and safety” it reminded, a work both recognized by the national and international scientific community and by union and employers’ organizations. Working with the International Health Organization, a “focal point” of the Europea
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