Last Updated on November 7, 2025
Publication of Decree Law no. 159 of 31 October 2025 governing “Urgent measures for the protection of health and safety in the workplace and concerning civil protection”.
The measure introduces a series of important innovations for businesses with the objectives of strengthening prevention and worker protection, increasing checks and inspections and promoting a widespread, permanent safety culture while rewarding responsible behaviour by businesses and providers.
Review of insurance premiums
Starting in 2026, INAIL will introduce new criteria for the variations in insurance premiums based on the occupational safety performance of businesses,with rates adjusted according to the number and severity of accidents. In this way, businesses that achieve positive results in the prevention and reduction of accidents will be eligible for lowered insurance premiums, while those with frequent or serious injuries will be excluded from these benefits.
Methods for implementing the provisions in question will be defined by a ministerial decree to be adopted by the end of the year.
Digital ID
One of the main innovations concerns the obligation for businesses working as contractors on building sites or in other sectors at risk, detailed in a specific ministerial decree by the end of the year, to issue their employees with a digital ID card.
This badge must have a unique anti-counterfeiting code and be connected to the national SIISL (Information System for Social and Work Inclusion) platform, to guarantee greater traceability and safety in employment relationships and inspections.
Credit Licence
The Decree also regulates the so-called credit licence, namely the qualification system for businesses and the self-employed working on public or private building sites, established by PNRR4 (i.e. converted Decree Law 19/2024) to promote safety and professionalism in this area (see our newsflash “Publication of New NRRP Decree” of 6 March 2024).
In this respect, there will be a tightening of penalties for offences committed as from 1 January 2026.
Training and prevention
From 2026, new resources will be allocated to the Social Fund for employment and training in health and safety, with the aim of funding innovative training projects, aimed primarily at the highest risk sectors (such as construction and logistics).
These projects will offer workers hands-on and immersive learning experiences, with a view to strengthening prevention awareness and culture.
To guarantee traceability, transparency and sharing of information between businesses, training bodies and supervisory bodies, the results of these training courses will be recorded in workers’ electronic files.
The planning of preventive action to combat violent or harassing behaviour towards workers becomes part of the general protection measures.
Finally, the obligation of maintenance of personal protective equipment (PPE) is also extended to those work clothes that, based on risk assessment, are classified as PPE.
Near misses
By April 2026, technical guidelines will be issued on a national level for the identification, monitoring and analysis of “near misses” by businesses with more than fifteen employees. In this sense, these businesses will be required to communicate, using methods detailed in a subsequent ministerial decree, events that might have caused an injury (but that were avoided) and relative corrective or preventive actions.
Digitisation
As of 1 April 2026, employers who intend to benefit from benefits or contribution incentives will be required to publish their job offers exclusively on the SIISL platform, thus guaranteeing greater transparency in the selection processes and more accurate traceability of employment relationships.
Health surveillance
Regarding health surveillance, the Decree specifies that the medical check-ups required by current legislation or ordered by the company doctor must be carried out during working hours, with the sole exception ofpre-employment medical check-ups.
With specific reference to cancer prevention, it stipulates the obligation for company doctors to inform workers about the importance of preventive screening and to encourage participation in National Health Service (SSN) screening programmes. Collective bargaining may, in this context, provide for the introduction of paid leave for workers to attend screening appointments.
For activities with a high risk of injury, it introduces a new type of medical check-up for employees before or during their shift, if there is reasonable reason to suspect they are under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
With its broad scope and integration of economic and organisational measures, this Decree aims to promote a more modern and transparent work management model , focussed on full protection of the person.
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