MILANO – Encouraging signs from the Italian labor market. According to the data released today by theState, in June the number of employees grew by 86 thousand units, with a very strong pull of permanent employees, bringing the total stock above 23 million to pre-school levels. An increase that also brings up the employment rate, that is the number of people with a job out of the total population, which has risen to 60.1% and to the maximum since 1977, that is, since the start of the historical series.
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As mentioned, it is the permanent employees who drag the figure upwards. In June, the growth was 116 thousand units, against a substantial stability for term positions (-3 thousand) and a decline in self-employed workers. The drop in inactive people is also very marked, that is, those who do not have a job or are looking for one, dropped by 91 thousand units. The unemployment rate also falls, the ratio between those looking for but not finding a job out of the total workforce (ie employed and unemployed), down to 8.1%.
