Number of employed +329,000 on year in Q2 says ISTAT

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 12 - The number of employed workers in the second quarter of this year increased by 124,000 units - up 0.5% compared to the first quarter of 2024 - following the growth of employees with an open-ended contract (+0. 9%) and of the self-employed (+0.7%) and a drop in employees with short-term contracts ( -1.9%), national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Thursday.
    In the provisional data for the month of July 2024, compared to the previous month, the increase in the number of employed people (+56,000, +0.2%) and in the employment rate (+0.1 percentage points) was associated with the decrease of the unemployment rate (-0.4 points) and the increase of the inactivity rate aged 15-64 (+0,2 percentage points), the statistics bureau recalled.
    The employment rate reached 62.2% (+0.2 points), ISTAT said.
    Employment grew on an annual basis (+329,000, 1.4%) with permanent employees (+3.3%) and the self-employed (+0.6%) and a decrease of employees with short-term contracts (-6.7%). (ANSA).