Worker participation - Italy

Introduction

Workers are, of course, the focus of the entire regulation concerning health and safety at work (OSH). However, their role is not to be considered as a passive one; they are required to be actively involved. In fact, workers are entitled:through their trade unions representatives, to control the implementation of regulations related to occupational accidents and diseases and to promote the adoption of all prevention measures aimed to protect their health and physical integrity (Art. 9 of the Statute of the workers’ rights, Law 300/1970) [1];to choose or elect in the production unit their Safety Representative (RLS)[2];to verify, through the RLS, the…