8% rise in 'underground' workers

(ANSA) - Rome, October 24 - Labour ministry inspectors found an 8% rise in off-the-books workers in Italian firms in the first quarter of 2016, the ministry said Monday.
    This was a 1.5% rise in the number of 'underground' workers found in the same period in 2015, it said.
    Fully 61% of firms were found to have committed some irregularity in registering workers.