Labour market recovery stalls

In this issue:

A crisis of recovery

    ● Employment – Slight increase of employment for 2016 (+0.6% compared to 2015 levels), best result recorded by the manufacturing sector (+2.2%)
    ● Unemployment – Increase in the number of unemployed for 2016 (+4.5%), while the unemployment rate remains virtually unchanged (+0.3%)
    ● Start-up jobs – Confirmed decline in recruitment numbers (-7.7%) due to the reduction of stable contracts
    ● Social safety nets – More hours of wages guarantee fund
    ● Statistical appendix
    ● In-depth article 1 – Working and childbearing: what is happening in Tuscany
    ● In-depth article 2 – The effects of the “Doing Business” project

Author: IRPET – Tuscany Region, Department of Labour