Italy to boost workplace inspections as accidents soar
ROME, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The Italian government is set to hire 1,600 new inspectors in an effort to slow rising numbers of accidents in the workplace, many of which are fatal, the country's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced Thursday.
Meloni made the announcement during a parliamentary ceremony commemorating victims of workplace accidents.
The hiring of the new labor inspectors will double the amount