The Italian labor market is improving, with more standard employment and fewer vulnerable workers, but significant gaps remain for young people, women, and the South. Between NEETs, a declining population, and a mismatch between supply and demand, the key issue remains increasing participation and productivity.
According to the CNEL-Unioncamere report with ISTAT, 46 out of 100 contracts are difficult to fill. Youth employment and unemployment are declining, but inactivity is rising. Structural mismatches and it takes up to six months to find suitable candidates.
According to a study presented at the first edition of "Mutamenti," the European Union will face an unprecedented structural labor shortage. In Italy, the burden of demographic decline makes the problem even more critical.
In Italy, the demographic decline is emptying the labor market. 31,8% of companies are hiring or will hire non-EU workers by 2026. This is according to Unioncamere and it is not a question of costs, but of a structural lack of skills
The analyses confirm the advantage of foreigners in terms of activity and employment rates compared to Italians. However, in 2024, foreign workers received a median hourly wage 26,3% lower than their Italian colleagues:…
In Italy - according to the Unioncamere-Ministry of Labor Report - the demand for green skills reaches record levels: over 4,4 million hires in 2024 require skills related to environmental sustainability. But almost half of the profiles are difficult to find.…
In the April-June quarter, a total of over 1,5 million positions are expected to be filled, +1,9 compared to 2024. Tourism, trade and personal services are the driving sectors, while the mismatch between supply and demand remains stable
According to ManpowerGroup's "Talent Shortage" report, 78% of Italian companies struggle to find talent with the right skills, more than the global average. The sectors most affected are logistics, healthcare and industry, with a growing demand for digital skills…
Employment is growing and so are permanent employment contracts. The successes of collective bargaining are undoubted but the secretary of the Cgil talks about something else
After the decline on Wall Street and the bad mood on Asian stock markets, European stock markets should have the strength to bounce back today. This week the ECB will pronounce itself on rates, next week it will be the Fed's turn
After months of growth, the Italian labor market is showing signs of a slowdown. The number of people employed is decreasing, especially among fixed-term contracts and self-employed workers, while the inactivity rate is increasing, now at 33,1%. Claudio Negro's analysis of…
The week opens with a political earthquake and a strong disappointment in terms of monetary policies. The Fed's decision on rates is on the agenda on Wednesday
The world of work in 2024 presents many unknowns, linked to a still unstable macroeconomic and geopolitical context. Significant changes are expected in the workplace. Here are some trends that will characterize the year
More than a third of Italian workers have been victims of burnout in the last year. 87% want greater flexibility to better balance life and work. Adecco's study on Italian employees
The job market will undergo strong changes in Italy in the next ten years too. Demands for workers with technical and highly qualified skills will increase while they will decrease for lower-qualified professional groups. The role of AI and the importance…
Since 2014, the country has been experiencing a constant reduction of the population, accompanied by a progressive ageing. This situation also affects the labor market which struggles to find candidates. The main challenges arise from the minor young people entering the market…
The analysis of the labor market in Italy prepared jointly by the Ministry of Labour, ANPAL and the Bank of Italy has been published. In the first months of the year, tourism is the leading sector with almost a third of the jobs created. Stable unemployment. Come back…
63% of the under 26s consider remote work to be the conditioning factor in choosing a workplace. However, one out of two young people complains about the lack of adequate training in digital skills
The difficulty of finding concerns 46% of the staff that companies are looking for. The demand for migrant workers is high. Requests are growing in the North, declining in the Centre-South. Here are the most requested sectors
The mismatch between labor supply and demand is widening - Industrialists critical of the Decree on flows - The president of Confindustria Vicenza, Laura Dalla Vecchia, explains: "Investments in automation of companies are growing but not to replace people with…
The aim is to strengthen the level of services for the summer season in Coop supermarkets and hypermarkets. Initially planned contracts of up to 6 months with the possibility of growth. 3.500 current employees, 95% with permanent contracts
The survey shows that only one in ten workers is available for a salary reduction. However, over 70% are available for short weeks. Thus, the post-2022 labor market focused on Great Resignations continues to evolve
More than 1,5 million new hires are expected for the April-June quarter. The requests are driven by tourism and personal services. The sectors most looking for personnel
Companies struggle to find specialized graduates. Above all, they are missing in the industrial sector: mechanics and communication are the most requested sectors. Data from Unioncamere
After the birth of a child, one out of five women no longer works and only 43,6% remain in employment. Data from the Inapp-Pluss survey conducted on a sample of 45 individuals
Hirings up (+21,5) compared to the same period of 2022. The gap between labor supply and demand is still high. The most requested profiles
Almost one out of two is nowhere to be found. The most sought-after qualifications: economists among graduates, administrative address for diplomas and catering among qualifications
Adecco Group presented a study showing the changes in the 2023 labor market. Here are the main trends.
According to the Inapp survey, over 45% of citizens' income recipients are poor workers, often with two jobs to make ends meet
The Italian textile sector, which is the basis of the big names in Italian fashion, with an annual turnover of over 5 billion is recovering ground, but has not yet regained the levels of 2019. At Milano Unica, an exhibition dedicated…
Above all, the 26-35 age group employees in Northern Italy are leaving – Among the causes recovery in employment, the search for more favorable economic conditions and the aspiration for a better balance between private and working life – This is what emerges from a…
Flexibility in our country translates into greater precariousness and uncertainty. This is what emerged from the first Inapp Report on the transformations in the labor market in the face of the global macro-trends of change in economic systems, with food for thought on the interaction…
The reduction in births and in the Italian population risks opening up enormous imbalances between generations with very serious consequences on work, pensions, health care and savings, as Simona Costagli explains in Focus Bnl - By 2050 the…
One of the biggest binges in Italian pension history is brewing: are we sure that the exit from the labor market of still young people (the baby boomers) will not create problems on the supply side?
FULL TEXT OF THE INTERVENTION ON THE DEF IN THE CLASSROOM OF MONTECITORIO - "Debt is a brake on our growth potential" but "the Italian political situation seems to have forced the Government into an unambitious programmatic project" - Relaunching reforms
Faced with changes in the labor market, training must also change and Interprofessional Funds can play an important role but under 3 conditions: here are the ones
Taken from the site LA VOCE.INFO - The referendums proposed by the CGIL on layoffs, vouchers and tenders have yet to be examined by the Constitutional Court. But one can begin to think about their content and the effects that a hypothetical victory of the…
Every time the monthly data on the labor market come out, the INPS and Istat numbers never coincide and it is difficult to understand how things really are - The Kuliscioff Foundation tries to bring order to the real dynamics…
