The main field, in Italian Law, in which there is a convergence between labour and administrative Law, is the sector of labour inspections.
The labour inspector was created with 1879 April 3rd Law.
In 1902 a apposite office was created at the Labour Ministry.
In 1955 the labour inspectorate was created, with the function of controlling the respect of the main principles in the labour law and inflicting the sanctions in case of violation of these laws.
In 1993 n.537 Law transformed the labour inspectorate in labour directions.
In 2004 n.124 Law gave, to the labour inspectors, the function to prevent accident on the working place as well as the violations of any labour law as well as the conciliation power.
This Law create, also, the general direction that has, its seat, at the Labour Ministry
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