Interview with Jakob de Haan, president of Suerf, one of the most important groups of central bankers, economists and financial managers – “It seems that the period of high inflation will soon be behind us” – “At the moment wage increases are the indicator…
For now, rates remain unchanged but the reduction is approaching. Will the Fed or the ECB cut first? Let's hope that the cuts do not come too late to avoid recessionary pressures
Tomorrow on FIRSTonline the Lancette dell'economia, the historic column by Fabrizio Galimberti and Luca Paolazzi, will answer the main questions on the near future of the Italian, European, American and Chinese economy
The INPS report which reduces the number of poor employees concentrated in borderline areas to 0,2% inflames the debate - The fact remains that the introduction of a minimum wage is necessary but the 9 euros are a number chosen at random
Called home by Prime Minister Meloni on the controversial issue of the minimum wage, Cnel has drawn up a 5-point proposal to attack the emergency of minimum wages: here are what they are
A new report by the Observatory of Italian public accounts indicates that, faced with such different inflation rates within the Eurozone, the unitary monetary policy of the ECB risks being too expansionary for some countries and too restrictive for others
The secretary general of the CGIL seems to ignore the improvements in the Italian economy and in employment and collects amnesia and approximation on wages and work - It would be enough to reflect on the recommendations of the Governor of the Bank of Italy Visco
In Europe women earn on average 13% less than men but the new European Directive finally gives a boost to equal pay
Instead of focusing on increasing wages, which has been at a standstill for too many years, the line proposed by Landini at the recent CGIL congress focuses on reducing the working week to 4 days for equal wages, but without adequate growth in productivity…
INTERVIEW WITH GIANNI TAMBURI, founder and CEO of Tip - The Italian system needs a Dutch-style "kick" on corporate governance and taxation to stop migration to other financial centers and companies must raise wages…
Leaner wages in Venice, Florence and Prato. While top growth is seen in Milan, Parma and Savona. Rieti brings up the rear in the salary classification of the Tagliacarne Institute
Employment in the sector holds despite the crisis. The scenario on skills and the Mezzogiorno remains critical. This is what emerges from the investigation by Fim-Cisl and the REF Research Centre. The comment of the secretary general Benaglia
Uniqlo is the latest to join other national companies in responding to calls from the Kishida government warning that there are alarm bells of stagflation if no action is taken on wages
In Italy salaries have been unchanged for at least 30 years, while in Germany and France they have grown by 33,7% and 31,1%. The result? An increase in inequality. The data from the analysis of the Inapp
WTW Observatory: wages in Italy will grow by 2022% in 3, but due to inflation, they will actually drop to -4%. So it is difficult to keep the most talented youngsters
Work, rights and the environment are the three cornerstones of the new Democratic Party program in view of the September 25 elections. Particular attention is also paid to the school
The increase in jobs in America has been double than expected with galloping wages: this scenario scares the markets waiting for a new robust rate hike - In the end, the stock exchanges reduce losses and the…
INTERVIEW WITH FEDERICO VISENTIN, President of Federmeccanica, the association of metalworking industries - "The government crisis has thrown us off balance: it's difficult to understand the political reasons" - The GDP trend is reassuring and businesses have held up but autumn will be difficult -…
What are the real reasons for Italy's low wages? Comparisons with wages in other European countries dismantle too many clichés but highlight the absence of adequate union bargaining
Italy is in last place in the Eurozone for wage trends over the last 30 years, but the problem is not in the accumulation of profits, but in stagnant productivity
To deal with the inflation that erodes wages, Draghi plans to double the social security discounts until the end of the year for the weakest groups of workers
M5S and Pd want to vote in the Senate by July, but do not agree on the proposal to be presented for the minimum wage in Italy - Fim Cisl relaunches bargaining
There are still two steps left in Europe, then we will move on to the ratifications of the countries, which however will have no obligation to introduce a minimum wage - Here's what the directive provides
INTERVIEW WITH ANTONIO MISIANI, Head of Economy and Finance of the Democratic Party - Faced with the constant fibrillation of the M5S and the Lega, the Democratic Party confirms its full support for Draghi, whose economic policy it also appreciates in favor of companies…
Inflation is eroding wages, but it would be a mistake to focus on automatic wage growth as in the days of the sliding scale: better a government-union agreement and bargaining
The salaries of Italians have been at a standstill since 1990, while in other countries they continue to grow - The difference with the USA reaches 40% - The problem of "working poverty" is increasingly widespread
INTERVIEW WITH GIUSEPPE MOSCARINI, professor of economics at Yale University - "The expectations of workers and businesses on inflation have changed. Central bankers have the dogma of the desired inflation at 2% but one can also live with inflation at 2,5-3%.If inflation…
American economic data worries the stock exchanges which fear the approach of the Fed tapering - The Ftse Mib in Piazza Affari is also down even if 26 resists
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…
In the Italian factories of Stellantis wages are lower than in the French factories but labor costs are higher: the union cannot evade this challenge and call the Government into question - The relaunch of…
Proposal from Uil metalworkers to the Government and Confindustria to break the long chain of vetoes and countervetoes on contracts: waiver of wage increases for 3 years in exchange for stopping layoffs - The pros and cons of…
In his book "At what price" the labor lawyer Martone raises the problem of the unsustainability of increasingly low Italian wages and argues that only with a new balance between the reform of bargaining, enhancement of second-level wages and the minimum wage…
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…
At the top of the ranking are workers in the food sector, followed by bankers, metalworkers and many others - The negotiation on renewals will not be easy at all
The trend is positive both in the Eurozone and at the European Union level, while it remains heavily negative in our country
In the Eurozone unemployment falls but wages do not rise: why? According to a study by the Bank of Italy, a decisive factor is "the intensive margin of the use of the labor factor", i.e. the number of hours worked - To understand why, one must…
From the site LAVOCE.INFO - Reducing working hours to allow a larger number of people to find a job seems an immediate and simple mechanism, to be used today to fight high unemployment - But it's not like that - And…
In the ranking of the 35 OECD countries, Italy is in the highest positions of the classification of "tartassati". Last year, the tax wedge for a single worker without children was 47,8%, down 0,08 points from 2015, but…
Revolution in the labor policies of the Cupertino hi-tech giant: no more wage differences between men and women, who however are only a third of the total employed - In Italy a female worker earns on average 10% less…
Italy ranks 20th in the OECD area for real wages, Spain also earns more. The US earns almost double that of Italy - According to the OECD, growth will be timid both in 2015 and…
The volcanic CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles never ceases to surprise and yesterday he illustrated to the unions of the Italian FCA plants his project to involve workers directly in the results of productivity, quality and profitability of the…
To modernize industrial relations according to a decentralized collective bargaining closer to the needs of companies and workers, company by company, it is necessary to introduce by law a universal interprofessional and intersectoral minimum wage not limited only to certain…
FROM THE "RED AND BLACK" BLOG BY ALESSANDRO FUGNOLI, Kairos strategist - The strike of California dock workers, which is the first major strike after the crisis, "has a high symbolic value because it marks the beginning of a new cycle" in…
The rule on the minimum wage should be included in the implementing decrees of the labor reform - The bar should be set between 6,5 and 7 euros per hour but there are risks of circumventing the rule
This is revealed by a study by the Institute of Applied Economic Research of the University of Tubingen: "It will lead to an increase in the shadow economy of 1,5 billion euros in 2015".
The aim is to grant all citizens the right to receive a minimum income of between 600 and 780 euros per month, as well as to delegate the government to introduce a minimum hourly wage of 9 euros gross.
Low wages, low productivity, low consumption: in European countries in crisis like Italy it seems like we have returned to the gloomy times of Soviet planning - It is therefore time for trade unions, companies and the state to completely change their strategy and create the conditions for…
"The economy has made considerable progress in recovering from the largest and most sustained job loss in the United States since the Great Depression," admitted Federal Reserve head Janet Yellen, remaining however wait-and-see on a possible rise in…
Thus, in less than three months, the Bundestag, the German Parliament, gave the green light, with 535 votes in favor out of 601, to the bill presented by the government in the spring: the new minimum wage, from 8,5 euros an hour, will be progressively…
TOWARDS THE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS - Those who preach an exit from the euro, such as the Lega and Beppe Grillo, forget to tell voters that with a devalued lira there will be more inflation and there will be a reduction in real incomes, from pensions to…
The initiative, supported by the trade unions and made possible by the collection of 100 signatures in the 26 cantons, provides for a minimum hourly wage of 22 Swiss francs, equal to 18 euros, for everyone.
Mandatory minimum wage of 8,50 euros gross per hour: only minors under the age of 18, interns and the long-term unemployed are excluded - The provision was the workhorse of the Social Democrats, who had set the introduction of this…
Vietnam has developed over the last few years as an important manufacturing hub, establishing itself in Asia as a favorite destination for foreign investors as a basis for expanding their business - According to data released by Global Manufacturing…
At the moment the minimum wage is 7,25 dollars, the US president wants to raise it starting from 2015 to 10,10 for federal workers - The Republicans are rising.
First objective of the new grand German coalition: the approval of a Mindestlohn, ie a minimum wage of 8,5 euros per hour valid for all of Germany and for each category of subordinate workers.
The dynamics of wages in the currency area is lower than the increase in prices: +1,1% against +1,4 in the second quarter - This means that, in fact, real wages have declined.
Group president Philippe Varin to propose wage freeze and reorganization of working week as part of negotiations for new employment contract - Sales drop by 7 percent in Europe, but first beneficial results are coming…
According to data published by the OECD, Italian wages fell by 1,9% over the year in 2012, reaching twentieth place out of the thirty countries taken into consideration - The prospects for unemployment worsen, expected to increase until the fourth quarter of 2014 …
Eurostat reports an increase in labor costs of 1,6% in the euro area and 1,9% in the entire Union of 27. For Italy the figure is 2,5%.
A meeting between experts on how to reactivate joint growth paths for real wages and productivity - The proposal for a planned growth rate, to be achieved also with the contribution of organizational innovations, is under discussion.
German automaker grants pay rises of 3,4% since September and 2,2% since July 2014 - A boon for the eurozone as a whole.
The Italian gross hourly wage in October 2010 (equal to 14,5 euros) was 14,6% lower than that of Germany, 13% lower than that of the United Kingdom and 11% lower than that of France - I values more…
The growth of gross salaries in large companies in 2012, however, is lower than inflation, which stood at 3% - Employment is down, down by 0,9% compared to 2011, gross of layoffs.
In 2013, Germany's GDP will grow by only one percent - Employment is holding up and wages are growing visibly but the economy is slowing down: exports continue to give satisfaction but investments and consumption stagnate - And on the balanced budget…
According to Via Nazionale, salaries in terms of Italians will be increasingly lean, at least until 2014 - Positive signals instead from banks and the macroeconomy - Next year the GDP will remain negative but in the last few months Italy will emerge from the recession.
FROM LAVOCE.INFO - The debate that has developed around the participation of workers in the profits of companies appears somewhat confused - There is, however, a common element that seems to be considered by all as an indispensable ingredient for making…
According to research conducted by the IW Institute of Economic Studies in Cologne, the advent of the euro has in no way affected the purchasing power of Germans, who saw their wages grow by 1991% between 2011 and 45, still moreover…
The salaries of Italians are among the lowest in the West, even surpassed by those of Spain and Ireland - The main cause is the practice of concertation between the social partners - The government, with two targeted measures, could repay…
Union pressure demands a wage increase of 6,5%, but the local Federmeccanica would grant a maximum of 3% in 14 months - Minister Schauble supports the workers' requests: increasing wages would boost domestic demand and exports...
In 2011, the average net salary of a single person with no dependent children in Italy, at the current exchange rate, stood at 25.160 dollars net - We are in twenty-third place: behind the big Europeans, but also Spain and…
A research by the University of Duisburg-Essen says it all: in reality, the Eldorado of the European economy is not such for workers - Almost 8 million Germans live below the threshold of 9,5 euros gross per hour: among them above all women and precarious workers, but…
Even the Greeks were paid more than us before the sting: according to Eurostat, which analyzed salaries in European companies with more than 10 employees, Italy is in the last positions among the countries of the Eurozone with 23.406 euros gross per year…
The words of the Minister of Labour, Ursula von der Leynen (CDU and close to Merkel), who has opened up to wage increases, cause discussion: the metalworkers' union dreams, which asks for increases of 6,5%, but the entrepreneurs postpone them to …
According to the findings of the National Institute of Statistics, the gap between hourly contractual wages and inflation reached one percentage point in December - It is the highest gap since August 1995, when it reached 2,4 percentage points .
On an annual basis, hourly contractual wages, which recorded no change compared to the previous month, increased by 1,5%, while inflation continued its run at a much faster pace, reaching +3,3 %.
A comparative analysis, presented by the Chamber of Deputies, clearly shows how the treatment that Italy reserves for its parliamentarians is well above the average. Yet our country is among the last in terms of GDP, unemployment, growth and…
The directors of large US companies continue to see their paychecks rise: the highest paid manager took home 145,2 million dollars - But at the top of the ranking there are no bankers: 3 out of 10 come from…
The gap between wages and the cost of living hadn't been so wide since 1997: 1,7% - Overall, one worker in three is waiting for the contract to be renewed, 13% in the private sector - Among the categories that…
