Redundancy fund requests down 57.4%

(ANSA) - Rome, August 30 - Requests to use the government's CIG redundancy fund fell 57.4% in the year to July, pensions and social security agency INPS said Thursday, a mark of a recovering economy.
    Companies requested 14.5 million hours of CIG, 25.7% down on June, INPS said.
    In the first seven months of the year there were 139.5 million hours requested, a drop of 37.9%, the agency said.