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Labour market indicators
Unemployment rate in
2001
:
8.5%
(ILO data)
Working population:
|
Year
|
Total Population
|
Working population
|
Activity rate
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2004
|
71 727 048
|
34 414 636
|
48%
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Employment by sector:
|
Year
|
Agriculture
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Industry
|
Services
|
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2003
|
33.9%
|
22.8%
|
43.4%
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| Sources: ILO, Eurostat, last available data |
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Employment contracts
Employment contracts are above all regulated by individual negotiations. The terms of employment contracts and the limits for dismissal are rigid.
Salaries
National monthly minimum wage as of
01/01/03
:
189 euros
Average wage for a
employee
in the manufacturing industry in
1997
:
77,250
liras
by
month
(ILO data)
Social security contributions
Employer:
19.5 %.
Employee:
14 %.
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