Union says protocols slow, calls for anti-heat decree

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 21 - Italy's third biggest trades union confederation Uil on Friday called for an emergency decree protecting workers against the extreme heat that Italy is enduring.
    "There is no time to discuss protocols," Uil secretary Pierpaolo Bombardieri in a post on social media.
    "We need a decree law immediately that protects workers from high temperatures and bans work that is particularly exposed above 33 degrees Celsius," he added.
    Earlier the president of Italy's main industrial employers association Confindustria Carlo Bonomi called for the application of measures similar to those introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic to protect workers during periods of extreme heat. "We need a protocol for wage subsidies and remote working for workers, like during Covid-19," Bonomi told Start on Sky TG24. (ANSA).