cut incentives, unemployment rises: no Jobs Act does not “take” more – Intelligonews

Braking is worrying those that should trigger an alarm bell for the government. The the Jobs Act after a good start misfires because the doping of temporary incentives is running low . In 2015 to 2.5 million permanent hiring, 1,500,000 (two in three) were incentive daughters, conspicuous and trenchant (up to 8,060 Euros per hired for three years). Now, having reduced by 60% incentives (from 80.60 Euros to 3250 Euros), restricting the duration (three to two years), he has unveiled the problems that it was not hard to guess. From hiring bonus of Letta government to Jobs Act and the incentives of the Renzi government had engaged a significant increase, for this braking is even more evident, and is even more fearful. The Jobs Act has lost pace, because many measures they are still to be implemented and realize . The numbers are clear: after growth in January 2016 (+ 0.3% or € +73 thousand), in February the estimate of employed decreased by 0.4% (-97 thousand persons employed). The survey Istat. The decrease in employment involves men and women and is concentrated among 25-49enni. On an annual basis instead of the number of employed in growth of 0.4% (+96 thousand, +238 thousand permanent employees), while fall is unemployed (-4.4% or -136 thousand) is inactive (-0.7%, -99 thousand). The employment rate, 56.4%, falls by 0.2 percentage points from the previous month. The fall in employment, Istat said spreading to provisional data, is determined by the employees (-92 thousand permanent and -22 thousand completed ones) , while recording a slight recovery independents (+17 thousand ). For permanent employees is the first decline since the beginning of 2015. After the strong growth recorded in January 2016 (+ 0.7% or +98 million), whereas a decrease in the last month shows the estimated permanent employees to the levels of December 2015. For term employees continued the negative trend seen in the month of August 2015 . In February, the estimate of the inactive between 15 and 64 years increased by 0.4% (+58 thousand). The growth comes mainly from women and affects people over 25. The inactivity rate rising to 36.0% (+0.2 percentage points). Compared to the previous three months, during the period December 2015-February 2016 there was the decline in the number of employed persons (-0.2% to -48 thousand) and inactive (-0.1% to -16 thousand), compared with an increase of the unemployed (up 0.9% or € 27 thousand).