Employment agencies set a record in March in workers on permanent contracts that reach almost 113,000 units and claim the results achieved in 25 years since the approval of the Treu reform and in the face of the test of the pandemic in the general assembly of Assolavoro “Change the world, change work.
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In the first quarter, temporary agency workers were on average almost 500,000 per month and, according to an Ipsos survey, during the pandemic, the proportion of those who found work was higher than the average of the population. he has lost it and whoever has always been busy has experienced a change of company.
Those who work with agencies would recommend turning to this channel in 91% of cases, yet, underlines the managing director of Ipsos, Nando Pagnoncelli, "temporary work, little known in its specificities, always tends to be considered a second choice. level".
The president of Assolavoro, Alessandro Ramazza, speaks of "a suspicious, all-Italian distrust" towards employment agencies, which he presents as "an essential driver to facilitate entry into the world of work with all the rights and safeguards of employment employee and for faster access to stable employment ".
For example, the average wage is € 12.30 per hour, higher than the minimum wage of € 9 that is being discussed at the political level.
A quarter of a century after his reform, the former Minister of Labor of the first Prodi government, Tiziano Treu, now president of CNEL, claims a "good budget, better than many other reforms in Italy".
"25 is a beautiful age - explains Treu - and this institute of administrative work is in excellent health. At the time when the law was approved there were many hostilities and violent attacks but in these 25 years the institute has grown, yes it is well developed, even better than in other countries. The latest data show that it has overcome the pandemic better than other sectors, there are quantitative peaks ".
"I am particularly happy - he continues - also with respect to the other countries of the novelties of this Italian law.
First of all, equal treatment for the temporary staff and workers of the companies they go to and then this very far-sighted training fund, this was done by the law.
Then a very advanced welfare system was created on behalf of the agencies, which is also a positive thing.
The president of the World Employment Confederation, Bettina Schaller Bossert, also notes that during the pandemic, agencies have shown that they "see things in perspective and find solutions for the new needs of workers and businesses".
While the UNHCR Representative for Italy, the Holy See and San Marino, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Chiara Cardoletti, presents an initiative in collaboration with Assolavoro that "allows refugees to be channeled into the world of I work through training and the support of employment agencies "with resources of 45 million euros.
Returning to the data, over the last three years (November 2018 - November 2021) considering the increase in new permanent contracts in the world of work, 42% is a contract signed with an Employment Agency.
Furthermore, those who have had experience of administration confirm the growth in stable employment post contract with the agency: among those who have stabilized, about half (49%) did so within 6 months and 61% were hired at indefinite period by the company in which he was employed through the Employment Agency.
Finally, access to work through the Agency takes place faster than in the past: within 6 months compared to 8 in 2018.
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