Security, Decree of 1 May with an endowment of up to 1 billion
The endowment of up to 1 billion, which could be spread over several years, would be guaranteed by Inail's substantial budget surplus, and this would minimise the impact on the deficit
by Giorgio Pogliotti and Marco Rogari
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A decree of 1 May with a dowry of up to 1 billion euros, all in function of safety at work. This is, barring any last-minute surprises, the highlight of the council of ministers scheduled for Wednesday 30 April 2025. The day before, technicians from the ministries of the Economy and of the Labour, together with those from Palazzo chigi, devoted themselves to fine-tuning a text that would rest on three pillars, starting with the extension of Inail protection coverage for 1 million students and teachers against accidents at school (school-to-work alternance activities included).
The government's aim is to reward the most virtuous companies in occupational safety
.Also on the table is an improvement and strengthening of the 'bonus malus' mechanism on the premiums paid by companies to Inail. The government's aim is to reward the most virtuous companies. The third pillar consists of new measures concerning certified training on occupational health and safety issues.
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Measures under study by the Ministry of Justice
Some of the measures that have long been under consideration by the Ministry of Justice could also be included in the measure. If the hypothesis of including new offences in the text in order to strengthen the criminal protection of work safety seems to have been ruled out, unlike what has been done recently on another front with the introduction of feminicide, it remains possible to field a package of reward measures in favour of companies.
The cornerstone of this would be an intervention in Decree 231 of 2001, which established the administrative liability of legal persons for offences committed by employees. A catalogue, that of offences, which has been gradually enriched, for some time now also including culpable offences in violation of worker protection regulations (hence the unfortunately sensational trials such as the one on ThyssenKrupp for the death of seven workers in Turin in 2007). By acting on the organisational models that companies are already required to adopt to prevent criminal charges, the aim would be to circumscribe the area of sanctions against companies to cases of wilful misconduct and gross negligence.
For companies with the papers in order, compliant with the protection rules, with the best protocols, able to update and strengthen their organisational models as they go along, there would therefore be an element of advantage. The strong point would therefore always remain that of raising internal attention levels as a preventive measure, avoiding the need to go to the extreme to increase criminal sanctions that are today considered adequate in any case.
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