(ANSA) - Rome, November 20 - The civil ministry said Friday
over 15,000 provincial employees are to be reassigned or
otherwise phased out as part of a government measure to scrap
provinces altogether.
Of these, 5,575 staff will be reassigned to regional posts,
over 5,000 will be transferred to the labor ministry, 2,889 will
take early retirement, and 1,957 are to be laid off.
Over 15,000 civil servants reassigned as provinces scrapped
Most transferred, some to take early retirement, 1,957 laid off