Nearly 2 mn additional contracts since 2019 says INPS

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 27 - An additional 1,958,871 job contracts have been recorded between December 2019, right before the Covid pandemic, and December 2024, according to the Observatory of social security and pensions agency INPS on the labour market published on Thursday.
    Nearly three-fourths of those contracts were open-ended, said the report.
    The job increase was mainly driven by the construction sector (371,383 additional contracts from 2019), trade (292,366) and the hotel and restaurant business with 247,120 additional units compared to five years before.
    These three sectors recorded over 46% of the overall growth, said the Observatory.
    The Observatory also found that an additional 374,613 job contracts were signed in 2024 in the private sector, with the exclusion of domestic and farm workers, down from the additional 519,381 units registered the previous year.
    The open-ended contracts last year were an additional 314,999 units, slightly down from the 396,502 recorded in 2023. (ANSA).