(ANSA) - Rome, June 19 - The number of people in Italy
employed on steady, open-ended contracts rose by 207,000 in the
first quarter of 2019 with respect to the previous three months,
according to official data released on Wednesday.
The number of people on temporary contracts, on the other
hand, fell by 69,000, according to data prepared by several
public bodies, including the labour ministry, statistics agency
ISTAT and pensions and social security agency INPS.
The made for a net gain of 138,000 jobs.
In year-on-year terms, the number of people in steady jobs
was up by 401,000, while the temporary positions were down by
24,000 for a net gain of around 376,000 jobs with respect to the
first quarter of 2018.
Steady jobs up by 207,000 in 1st quarter
But number of people working on temporary contacts down