Inspectorate

The Independent Labour Inspection Authority, inspections continue at an intensive pace and in a targeted manner, with the aim of ensuring the correct application of labour legislation, safeguarding labour rights, the safety and health of workers.

Specialists from the Sofia zoo have safely removed a crocodile discovered in the "Botunets" district. The reptile (named Crocky by its owner) had been inhabiting the area until experts were able to secure its transfer.

Hellenic Labor Inspectorate inspections in 2023 increased by almost 13 percent compared to the year before, reaching an all-time high, it was announced Monday.

More specifically, the number of inspections conducted by the agency in 2023 reached 73,579 over 65,286 in 2022.

The Labour Inspectorate has filed criminal complaints in a case involving two temp agencies from Slovakia and retailer Engrotuš where a number of shelf fillers from abroad reportedly worked massive overtime.

The Regional Health Inspectorate and the police in Bansko detained a 40-year-old man who was conducting covid tests and issuing certificates without the permission of the Blagoevgrad Health Inspectorate.

The arrest came in the afternoon yesterday after RHI employees pretended to be customers and paid for the tests without being examined.

Months later, BIRN learned that the IMO experts had something else in their file.

They had learned that three of the 11 members of the HCP had nominated Imeraj as chief prosecutor despite having an apparent conflict of interest.

Ljubljana – Slovenia’s Labour Inspectorate received 9,260 reports of violations in 2020, an increase of 28% compared to 2019. 6,867 reports were connected to employment relations, 2,043 in the field of occupational safety and health, and 350 reports were connected to social affairs. The inspectorate carried out 17,334 inspections last year.

Ljubljana – The Health Inspectorate has received several complaints and is looking into an event Economy Minister Zdravko Počivalšek attended on Friday in the aftermath of media reports suggesting that the meeting may not have been held in compliance with coronavirus restrictions.

Chief Health Inspector, Assoc. Prof. Angel Kunchev also set a personal example by immunizing himself against COVID-19.

The vaccine will be administered to him at the Regional Health Inspectorate - Sofia.

Before he was vaccinated, a nurse examined his health status.

Two C-27 J Spartan aircraft of the Romanian Air Force are flying in today 300,000 FFP2 and FFP3 face masks from Turkey, according to Romania's Defence Ministry (MApN).