Work: the number of employees is decreasing, the self-employed and women are increasing. It is the photograph of the IRES Cgil Marche study on ISTAT data for the 1st quarter of 2024. The survey highlights that the busy there are 631 thousand with an increase of 1% compared to the 1st quarter of 2023, a lower figure than the increase in Central Italy (+1.5%) and in Italy as a whole (+1.7%). The employment rate of people between 15 and 64 years old reaches 66.2% (+0.5%). The increase in employment in the Marche is entirely attributable to the growth of self-employed workers (+11 thousand units, +7.9%) while employees decrease by 5 thousand units (-1%). A phenomenon not observed in the Center and in the entire country, where instead both positions recorded an increase.
Eleonora Fontana, CGIL Marche regional secretary, declares: “We are concerned about the sharp decrease in employed workers; the phenomenon requires particular attention. It is clear that the measures adopted so far by the Region and the fragmentation of European resources (PNRR and ESF) into many small interventions do not determine the overall growth that, instead, occurs in Central Italy and in the country”.
At a gender level, there is an increase in female employees (+15 thousand, +5.7%) and at the same time a decline in male employees (-9 thousand, -2.6%).
At the same time, the male employment rate decreases and the female one increases, with a reduction in the gender gap from -16.4% to -11.2%.
The number of people looking for work remains almost stable in the region with -400 units, -1.1%. The decline is attributable to the decline in unemployed women (-11.9%) while unemployed men increased by 14.2%.
Furthermore, in the first quarter of 2024, the decline in inactive people aged 15-64 years continues (-4 thousand, -1.5% compared to the first quarter of 2023) which stands at 272 thousand units. Above all, the potential workforce is decreasing (-6%), i.e. the component of the inactive closest to the job market. Those who are not looking and are not available to work decreased by 1% and stood at 243 thousand units. The general inactivity rate drops from 30.1% to 29.6%.
Also in this case the decrease characterizes only the female component (-12 thousand, -7.1%). Inactive men instead increased by 8 thousand units (+7.6%). Although women are characterized by a higher rate of inactivity, the gender gap narrows in a year.
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