Labour and Social Security Inspectorate
The Labour and Social Security Inspectorate (ITSS) is a Spanish autonomous agency in charge of the control of the compliance with labour and social security legislation. It also offers technical advice and, where appropriate, conciliation, mediation and arbitration in these matters. The ITSS is, therefore, the apex of the Labour and Social Security Inspection System.
| Inspección de Trabajo y Seguridad Social | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | March 1, 1906 |
| Type | Autonomous agency |
| Jurisdiction | Spanish government |
| Headquarters | 63 Paseo de la Castellana Madrid |
| Employees | +3,200 employees |
| Annual budget | €206.4 million, 2023 |
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| Parent department | Ministry of Labour |
| Website | Inspectorate' Web Site(in Spanish) |
The law defines the matters of competences of the ITSS as "rules of social order". These rules, on which the ITSS exercises the functions of inspection and, where appropriate, sanction, cover all labour matters, prevention of occupational hazards, social security and social protection, labour placement, employment, vocational training for employment and unemployment protection, social economy, emigration, migratory movements and foreigners work and equal treatment and opportunities and non-discrimination in employment, among others.
The Inspection staff is made up of senior technical and national qualification career civil servants, belonging to the Labour and Social Security Inspectors Superior Corps and the Labour Sub-Inspector Corps. This staff is always attached to a public administration and, because Spain's decentralized system, this administration may be the State one or a regional one. The ITSS is currently made up by more than 3,200 employees, of which around 2,000 are inspectors and sub-inspectors.
The current Director of the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate is Carmen Collado Rosique, since September 2021.