ABRUZZO – “We are on the right track, the data certified by Istat and ANPAL demonstrate that Abruzzo has done a lot in recent years to encourage employment growth and to improve the situation especially with regard to the weakest categories, such as women and young people” .
This was said this morning by the president of the regional council, Marco Marsilio, during the press conference, which he held in Pescara, in the headquarters of the Department of Labor and Productive Activities, together with the councilor Tiziana Magnacca, to illustrate the employment data relating to the year 2023 and the initiatives regarding workplace safety and active policies that are in the pipeline.
“Just two years ago – Marsilio recalled – in Abruzzo the gap between men and women, in terms of percentage of employment, was over 22% in favor of men. Today, however, the difference stands at 18%, with a recovery of 4 percentage points compared to the gender gap. Furthermore, – he added – there was almost 5.3% more employed women compared to 2021 and an overall growing employment rate of 61.3%, which brings the Abruzzo average very close to the national one. This means hooking up to a train that goes fast thanks also to the policies that the Meloni government is pursuing and which, today, will be strengthened with a decree that we are all waiting for and that we are ready to put into practice in our region”.
However, President Marsilio did not hide the fact that “there is still a lot to do especially in terms of safety in the workplace” and, in this regard, he said he was “ready to make a further effort because the data is rather negative” .
“The last year – said the President of the Council – has been really very bad from this point of view and it is our task to understand if these are unfortunate episodes or if there is a structural problem in the ways in which the controls are carried out . Unfortunately – Marsilio revealed – as a Region we do not have direct tools to intervene because the labor inspectorates do not depend on us. However, we are an active part of a process aimed at improving working conditions and, – he concluded – as happened with the memorandum of understanding signed with INAIL and all the trade associations, we will continue to operate in this direction with even greater attention and determination”
