The workplace a indefinite period for Sicilians it is increasingly a mirage. If hiring increases slightly, among these occasional hiring increases. The data says soINPS precarious work observatory: in Sicily in 2023 there were 388,858 fixed-term hiring, whether they are fixed-term, for apprenticeships, seasonal, on temporary contracts or with an intermittent contract. The same categories, in 2022, had counted 374,849 new hires. On the contrary, permanent hirings decreased, going from 83,882 in 2022 to 80,279 in 2023. Speaking in percentage terms, if in total hirings grew by 2.2% last year, fixed-term contracts grew by 3 .6%, while those with permanent contracts fell by 4.5%. The worst situations concern Palermo, where permanent contracts drop by 12.5%, and Agrigento, at -10.4%. Again, Trapani drops by 9.9%.
Messina and Catania are growing
Still remaining on permanent hires, new activations are growing in Messina, at 5.4%, and in Catania, at 4.8%. By type of contract, the largest number concerns fixed-term contracts, which in 2023 reach 279,574, compared to 268,537 the previous year. Apprenticeship hires, however, decreased from 14,668 to 13,799. Temporary hiring and intermittent contract hiring also fell. Seasonal hiring, however, is growing, going from 58,555 in 2022 to 62,789 in 2023. Overall, throughout the peninsula, hiring activated by private employers was 8,175,000, almost stable compared to 2022 and in any case higher than the level reached before the Covid 19 health emergency, i.e. in 2019. As in Sicily, hiring on temporary contracts at -6%, on apprenticeships at -5%, and on permanent contracts at – 3%.
Fixed-term hiring is growing
All other types recorded a slight growth: intermittent work +5%, fixed-term +3% and seasonal +1%. As regards the hourly types, the incidence of part time, both horizontal and vertical, has remained substantially stable both for the set of fixed-term hires, of which it represents approximately 37%, and for those with permanent contracts, at 33%. . Businesses have benefited from various benefits. In particular, they mark an iincrease in the exemption for women (+1%), the exemption from contributions in the South (+6%) and the exemption for young people (+26%); all the other measures are decreasing (-54%). The “Southern Contribution Relief” benefit is confirmed as the benefit with the greatest impact, at least for the number of employees involved.
There are many benefits for companies that hire staff
Specifically, women’s exemption provides for the exemption of social security contributions, with the exclusion of premiums and contributions to INAIL, to the extent of 100%, within the maximum limit of 8 thousand euros for private employers who hire unemployed women victims of violence, beneficiaries of the freedom income. Youth exemption, on the other hand, provides for a 50% contribution exemption for 3 years, up to a limit of 3,000 euros per year, for the hiring of boys and girls under 30 years of age. Finally, the Southern contribution reduction bonus provides for a maximum contribution exemption of 30% in favor of private employers, based in one of the regions of Southern Italy, with reference to employee employment relationships.
