The so-called “Work Safety Decree” (D.L. n. 159/2025) was published in the Official Gazette on October 31, focusing mainly on training, checks, and prevention related to maintaining health and safety in workplaces and within civil protection operations.
Key elements of the decree includes:
– A revision of the INAIL rates and agricultural contributions starting from January 1, 2026.
– New provisions for companies to adhere to the Quality Agricultural Labour Network, provided they have had no criminal convictions or administrative sanctions related to workplace health and safety in the last three years.
– An increased focus on the phenomenon of subcontracting and its monitoring.
– Specific provisions on digital tools, such as construction site badges and credit licenses.
– Strengthening of the staffing of INAIL (the National Insurance Institute for Workplace Injury) and the Carabinieri Command for work protection.
– Enhancement of training for Workplace Safety Representatives.
– Reinforcement of INAIL insurance coverage for students involved in school-work training pathways.
– The adoption of guidelines for the identification, tracking and analysis of missed accidents.
– Additional medical check-ups for high-risk activities.
– Allocation of resources derived from ASL sanctions to the Prevention and Safety of Work Environments Service (SPRESAL) operations and professional training and updating.
In essence, this decree introduces various measures for the protection of health and safety at work, emphasising training, control, and prevention. It aims at revising the insurance rates, enhancing digital tools, and increasing control over subcontracting. It also addresses the training of safety representatives and protection for students in school-work training contexts. The decree assigns resources from sanctions to prevention services and training. Plus, it introduces guidelines for analysing missed accidents and mandates extra medical visits for high-risk activities.
The General rules prominently address the adherence of firms to the quality agricultural work network governed by health and safety work norms, compliance with which is a mandatory requirement. The directive aims at strengthening the resources of the work protection bodies.
