In this issue:
Employment recovery slowed in 2016
- Job recovery slowed down in the first half of 2016
- Employment – Slightly positive overall trend (+0.5%), growth of narrowly-defined industry (+2.3%) in the first nine months of 2016
- Unemployment – Increase in the number of registered unemployed in the third quarter of 2016 (+3.7%), while the unemployment rate remains virtually unchanged (+0.3%)
- Start-up jobs – Decline in hirings (-2.2%) due to decrease in the number of stable contracts
- Social benefits – Hours of subsidized layoffs increase again pulled by extraordinary wages guarantee funds for the Leghorn area
- Statistical appendix
- In-depth article – “Education and Professional Training” (IeFP) courses for dropouts: are they effective tools to fight early school leaving?
Author: IRPET – Tuscany Region, Department of Labour