This page has been temporarily translated using AI. A revised translation by the University Language Centre (CLA) will be uploaded soon.

The legislator defines "Supervisor" as the "person who, due to professional skills and within the limits of hierarchical and functional powers appropriate to the nature of the assignment, supervises work activities and ensures the implementation of received directives, monitoring their correct execution by workers and exercising a functional initiative" (Article 2, paragraph 1, letter e, Legislative Decree no. 81/08 and subsequent amendments).

Supervisor have specific obligations, as established by Article 19 of Legislative Decree no. 81/08.

At the University, the role of Supervisor is assigned to individuals who coordinate and oversee a work group or who are responsible for a technical or administrative structure/office to which their collaborators are hierarchically subordinate.

Preposti in a university setting can be categorized as:

• "Supervisors at a scientific level": responsible for laboratories, scientific projects, or scientific activities, even when conducted outside the university (e.g., geological, archaeological, or marine expeditions)"
• "Supervisor at a technical and administrative level": responsible for a department, a staff unit, or an office