The Istituto nazionale per l'assicurazione contro gli infortuni sul lavoro ('National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work'), or INAIL, is an Italian statutory corporation overseen by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies.
[7] In 2000 INAIL received more tasks[8] and the protection has been extended up to include the psychophysical integrity of an injured worker (the reference is to the permanent biological injury) and accidents during the home-workplace-home path.
[10] From the entry into force of this decree, accidents in workplaces is insured along with the professional disease, intended as the event harmful for the worker acting on his abilities and which originates from non-violent causes (unlike the injury) related with the working activity.
INAIL promotes the adoption of measures in favour of the safety at work, including incentives for supporting businesses, or ISI (Incentivi di Sostegno alle Imprese).
With this funds, employers can develop projects related to the reduction of risks of accidents and professional diseases among with the introduction of new safety system for higher standards of health.
[16] The insurance covers accidents occurred in the home environment in occasion and for that kind of activities which lead to death or the permanent disability equal or higher than 16%.
In 2000, the Radicals guided by Marco Pannella and Emma Bonino collected and presented to the Constitutional Court 16 million signatures to propose a referendum on about twenty questions, including the "abolition of the monopoly of INAIL", in which citizens were asked if they agreed on the liberalization of the trade of agency for security at work.