December jobless rate falls for the first time in seven months

Jan 31, 2015 457

by Claudio Tucci

Something is moving in the Italian labor market. The planned incentives for open-ended contracts foreseen by the 2015 Stability Law and the new rules included in the Jobs Act labor reform are making businesses more confident about hiring, although with temporary contracts. Employers could however transform these new temporary jobs into permanent ones in order to benefit from easier taxation and regulation.

After falling for two consecutive months, the employment rate returned to grow significantly in December, adding 93,000 jobs, statistics agency ISTAT said Friday. The employment rate was broadly stable at 55.7%, back to the level of September.

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Fonte: Italy24

 

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