Voucher use down 4.9% in Feb - INPS

(ANSA) - Rome, March 23 - Some 9.1 million vouchers for occasional work were issued in February, 4.9% fewer than the same month in 2016, the INPS pension and social security agency said Thursday.
    The government has scrapped the much-abused vouchers averting a union-sponsored referendum.
    INPS also said the number of steady job contracts fell 6.9% in January to 154,363.
    The difference between hirings and firings was positive to the tune of 31,768 units, however.