Chapter 453 The First Step of Social Security

Although Kuniberti's new battleship plan has not been approved by Admiral Yagill now, it has at least been reflected in his mind, and the new battleship indicators may also move closer to this when the time comes.

This is just a little trick that Kuniberti doesn't usually use, and he wouldn't have done it if he hadn't been a little obsessed with new battleships.

Regarding the news of the successful development of the 305-mm naval gun, Carlo, as the king, did not know.

Because there were more important things that caught his eye.

"This is your government's regulations on workers' health insurance?"

Carlo put down the thick document in his hand and asked Prime Minister Antonio.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is a bill that we are preparing to implement with reference to the social security regulations of our German counterparts and then taking into account the national conditions."

Prime Minister Antonio spoke about the basic situation of the bill, which he talked to King Carlo about, and it is also the first social security law in Italy, the Workers' Health Insurance Regulation.

For the enactment of the bill, it is also a choice that the government has to choose.

In recent years, although Italy's industrialization has progressed smoothly, the large influx of people into the cities has made it difficult for Italian industry to provide jobs. In general, it is more people and less work.

And the situation of more people and less work will lead to the endless exploitation of the workers by the factory owners.

Although the Italian government has repeatedly demanded that all factories must protect the interests of workers, overtime pay must be paid for overtime, and injuries must be compensated. Although the Italian government's demand is low enough, the greed for profits still makes those factory owners think about it.

Forcing employees to work overtime for free is just commonplace, and whoever doesn't agree to fire the other party directly. As for work injuries or something, just give some money and don't care about the consequences at all.

As for the dismissed employees who are not convinced to report, this is a big pit, how can the weak individual, how can those factory owners be the opponents, the other party can have enough time to consume the energy of the dismissed employees. Then most people can't stand the consumption of time and energy, so they can only give up. Only a few people with perseverance are able to persevere.

However, this does not necessarily mean that the factory owners will be compensated, the reason is very simple, you are a low-level person, he is an upper-class person, paying you is not saving his face, he would rather spend more money than give in here, otherwise the factory workers have learned how to ensure their face.

Well, this is all a vivid display of the arrogance and rudeness of the capitalists, and the vast majority of factory owners have this mentality. This reluctance to bow to the working class has in turn strengthened the dissatisfaction of the workers with the capitalists. This has led to the spread of ideas among the workers, both good and bad, such as the extremely dangerous anarchism.

In 1899, for example, there were 241 strikes and riots throughout Italy, including 3 armed uprisings. Most of these workers' movements have been resolved, if not if they can't, they are sought.

The government is also emaciated by the rise and fall of the workers' movement, and they know what is the reason for this result. Therefore, in order to appease the people and make them feel the dividends of economic development, it is imperative to protect the interests of the working class.

To this end, Prime Minister Antonio has not only promoted the formulation of the Workers' Protection Act at the government level, but also promoted the smooth passage of the bill in parliament among the parties.

I would like to mention here that among the political parties, apart from the ruling party, the National Socialist National Party is the most enthusiastic about the bill, not only standing up for the bill, but also mobilizing its members to take to the streets to publicize it, and is more enthusiastic about promoting the bill than the ruling party.

The fact that the National Socialist Party is so enthusiastic may also have a lot to do with the composition of its members. In the past few years in the south, although the Kuomintang has developed rapidly and has become one of the three major political parties in the south, a large part of the party members developed by the Kuomintang are from the rural areas. The top of the National Socialist Party was not satisfied with this, and if it wanted to break through in the cities, then the working class became one of its targets, and of course the petty bourgeoisie did not let it go.

With the strong impetus of the government and the National Socialist Party, the first social security bill, the Workers' Health Insurance Ordinance, was soon passed in Parliament.

Although some people are not reconciled, saying that this bill is to increase the burden on the factory owners, which will lead to the lack of competitiveness of Italian goods abroad, etc., but these statements are not enough to attract the attention of others, although this makes the capitalists very dissatisfied, but unfortunately the current government is not in charge of it.

"What's next, is there any move on the part of the government?"

Carlo quickly signed the bill and asked the prime minister about the next steps of the government.

In the eyes of posterity, this regulation on workers' medical insurance is very rudimentary and ridiculous. For example, in the proportion of medical insurance contributions, factories only pay 30%, individuals have to pay 70%, and several loopholes can be found in the payment and other links.

But at least one thing is good, and that is the determination of Italy's social security system. It doesn't matter if there are loopholes in the laws and regulations, just check and fill in the gaps.

"Your Majesty, the next step will be to set up a special labor and social security department on the part of the government to supervise the implementation of the bill."

The Prime Minister's words hinted at a lot of things, for example, first of all, the bill will have a special department to supervise, of course, this also shows that the bill of the workers' medical insurance regulations is only the first step, and there must be other laws related to labor security to be implemented, otherwise this new department will be too simple, and the pension is almost the same.

And Carlo is of course very satisfied with the Prime Minister's words, but he still has a little doubt. "Has your government taken into account how much money is needed to promote social security?"

"For all reasons, our government has joined forces with Generali, Société Nacional and Banco de Santo Paulo in Turin to implement the regulation."

That's right, how can this be used just by the promotion of government departments, insurance is a thing, and professionals still need to understand it better, and the government is responsible for supervision.

Of course, it is okay to rely on insurance companies alone, but don't forget that the other party is a for-profit organization, so government supervision is essential in this regard.

As for Carlo, he also doesn't know whether the social security system, which the prime minister said is mainly business-oriented and supervised by the government, will be viable. But in any case, it's better to do it than not to do it well.

Although Italy is not financially well-off, there are some things that must be done.