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Economic Roundup – Italy

October 31, 2024October 31, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

With the latest data released, the economic roundup shows movement in key statistics.

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Inspection reveals 57% of farm labourers are illegally employed

July 26, 2024July 26, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Inspections checking employment practices within the agriculture sector discovered 57% of labourers are illegally employed.

Migrant agricultural workers such as these shown carrying crates are prey to gangmasters in Italy

Gangmasters arrested, 33 workers freed

July 16, 2024July 16, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Police in northern Italy have freed dozens of Indian farm labourers from conditions akin to slavery. Two alleged gangmasters were arrested on Saturday.

Meloni praises economic performance

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Premier Giorgia Meloni praised Italy’s economic performance in a message to the assembly of the insurers’ association Ania on Tuesday.

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Three more workplace fatalities

June 29, 2024June 29, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

On Friday, Italy saw three more workplace fatalities in a spate the union UIL claims kill more people than the mafia. A 21-year-old construction worker died in Sicily, another worker fell to his death from a motorway maintenance site into the northern Italian Adda River, and another 21-year-old farm worker was crushed to death when […]

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Demonstration against illegal labour practices in Latina

June 23, 2024June 23, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A demonstration took place in Latina yesterday to protest against the exploitation of illegal labour, following the death of Satnam Singh, an Indian labourer who was abandoned after a severe workplace accident.

Workplace accidents - explosion at an aluminium plant in Bo0lzano

Never-ending roll-call of workplace accidents and fatalities

June 22, 2024June 22, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The death of Indian farm worker Satnam Singh was followed by the death of an 18-year-old crushed by farm machinery and injuries after an explosion at an aluminium plant. When will the Ministry of Labour act to stop this spate of workplace accidents?

March employment rate up

May 12, 2024May 12, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Istat announced today that Italy’s employment rate reached a record high of 62.1% in March. It rose 0.3% with respect to February.

Italy bottom of league for female employment

January 3, 2024January 3, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

In the last quarter of 2022, the rate of female employment, for women aged between 20 and 64, was 55% in Italy.

employment figures improve as more women return to work

Italian employment figures rose in April

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Istat released the employment figures for April today showing an increase of 48,000 over March. The number of people looking for work dropped by 14,000 in the same period.