Flp alarm: Milan lacks labour inspectors, high living costs discourage transfers
Trade union: cost of living driven by high rents and energy prices makes relocation less and less attractive
Labour inspectors understaffed in Milan. The high cost of living also complicates possible transfers. Launching the alarm is the trade union Flp (Federation of Public Workers and Public Functions), which in a note takes up the data released during the presentation of the report on the Inl Inps Inail surveillance activities of 2025 in the metropolitan area of the Lombard capital. According to Flp's note, there are only 70 labour inspectors to guard a production basin of 136 thousand companies and over 2 million workers.
The results achieved
Despite the shortage of staff,' Flp emphasises, 'labour inspectors and carabinieri from the Labour Inspectorate Unit in Milan carried out 3,586 inspections, detecting a percentage of irregularities of 61.5 per cent.
The disincentive of expensive living
According to the Milan Flp coordinator, Paolo Cocozzello, 'at least 100 more inspectors would be needed to effectively oversee such a complex economic and production structure as the Milan area. To worsen the picture, the energy crisis has also intervened, which by rekindling the inflationary wave has further weakened the salaries of labour inspectors: 'The unsustainable cost of living in Milan, driven by high rents and high energy costs, makes the transfer of personnel less and less attractive. Inspectors are hired with a salary of around EUR 1,800 per month that does not take into account the high responsibility and risks of the tasks. In addition, there is a lack of real professional and economic growth paths capable of enhancing the experience gained in the field'.
Restrengthening staff and more welfare
Flp calls for an urgent and targeted intervention on the operating conditions of the Milanese staff through three clear guidelines: an extraordinary plan to strengthen the workforce, welfare measures that take into account the cost of living in the metropolis, and career paths that reward excellence in the results obtained in the area.
