In the second quarter of 2020, due to the health emergency and the lockdown, the number of employees decreased by 470,000 units compared to the first quarter and by 841,000 units compared to the second quarter of 2019. that the reduction is mainly due to the decline in fixed-term and self-employed workers.
Compared to the second quarter of 2019, fixed-term employees decreased by 677,000 units (-21.6%) while self-employed persons lost 219,000 units (-4.1%) against a -3.6% of total employment, permanent employees increased by 55,000 units on a trend basis (+ 0.4%).
The employment rate between the ages of 15 and 64 drops to 57.6%.
The unemployment rate fell in the second quarter to 8.3% with a drop of 0.9 points compared to the first quarter and two points compared to the second quarter of 2019. This was found by Istat in the survey on the labor market, recalling that the decline is linked to the increase in inactivity due to the epidemiological emergency from Covid 19 and the lockdown.
The unemployed are 2,057,000.
Inactive people between the ages of 15 and 64 increased by 5.5 percentage points compared to the first quarter and by 10 points compared to the previous quarter, reaching 14,183,000 units.