It ends in Parliament the protest of the Labor Inspectorswhich in recent days has held the bench. The parliamentarian from Asti Andrea Giaccone of the Legapointed out the serious shortage of staff of the territorial inspectorate of Asti-Alessandria during the question time.
The problem, which culminated with a meeting in the Prefecture in Asti, and a subsequent national strike on March 18, arises from the extension of the health and safety competences that the Legislative Decree 146/2021 has delegated to the National Labor Inspectorate. “For this it is necessary to coordinate with the other bodies already in charge, such as the ASL – he explained Alessandro Delfino, general secretary of the FP CISL of Asti and Alessandria – and it is necessary to hire staff who have dealt with a specific study plan and train existing staff “. “With reference to the Asti and Alessandria headquarters – we read in the response that the Ministry of Labor provided to Giaccone – the competent Inspectorate reported that, compared to the current staff, consisting of 31 inspectors, of which only 3 technicians, a overall increase in functional posts by 23 units, with an increase in the number of technical inspectors by 15 units, or equal to a percentage of 700% of the current inspectors in force. “
A recruiting program that includes 3 competitions. By April, the administrative officials will be hired, while the publication of the final ranking for ordinary inspectors is expected: for a total of 900 new labor inspectors and 131 administrative officials throughout Italy. “The labor inspectors destined for the Asti-Alessandria office will be eight – we read again – In this way, the contingent of labor inspectors will increase from the current 28 to 36 ».
For the technical inspectors, on the other hand, 1174 new hires are expected at national levelof which 18 assigned to the Asti-Alessandria office. Training is also provided, with alternating training sessions in the classroom and other “on the job”, in the field, for all staff in force.
The question of allowances is still open and not discussed: «The 2020 budget law had provided for an adjustment of the administration allowance for the ministries sector. Then came an interpretation from the Department of Economy and the Public Function Department and the staff of the IN was excluded from the harmonization of treatments, thus losing an average figure that is around 1,500-2,500 euros per year – explain the unions – the law speaks of the employees of the ministries, therefore the staff of all the agencies instrumental to the ministries themselves are not considered. It is a pity, however, that in our administration the national contract of the ministries has always been applied, with the same salary and regulatory treatments: therefore it was a restrictive interpretation ».