Points-based license for safety and procedures
- Studio Piceci
- Oct 3, 2024
- Reading time: 3 min
News No. 30/2024
Constructionsites are among the most hazardous work environments, with serious, sometimes fatal, accidents occurring every year. To enhance the safety of workers and all professionals involved in construction sites, the government has issued aDecree (DL 19/2024) that establishes the entry into force, starting from October 1, 2024, of certain new obligations to strengthen worker safety, including thepoints-based license for construction sites. Specifically, Article 27 of Legislative Decree No. 81/2008 has been replaced by the following:
“(Qualification system for companies and self-employed workers through credits).
- 1. Effective October 1, 2024, and following the integration of the portal referred to in paragraph 9, companies and self-employed workers operating in temporary or mobile construction sites as per Article 89, paragraph 1, letter a), must possess the license referred to in this article. The license is issued in digital format by the competent territorial office of the National Labour Inspectorate, subject to the legal representative of the company or the self-employed worker meeting the following requirements:
a) registration with the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Crafts;
b) fulfillment, by the employer, managers, supervisors, and workers of the company, of the training obligations referred to in Article 37;
c) fulfillment, by self-employed workers, of the training obligations provided for in this decree;
d) possession of a valid Single Contribution Regularity Certificate (DURC);
e) possession of the Risk Assessment Document (DVR);
f) possession of the Single Tax Regularity Document (DURF).”
Ministerial Decree No. 132 of September 18, 2024, has defined the procedures for submitting the application for the points-based license, which is required to operate within temporary and mobile construction sites. The entry into force of the points-based license is effective from October 1, 2024.
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