Istat, wages unchanged in February. Long time for renewal … – Quotidiano.net

March 24, 2015

The negotiated wage increase of 1% against February 2014. About 7.3 million employees, of which about 2.9 million in the public sector, await the renewal of the contract

Roma, 24 March 2015 – In February the index of hourly contractual wages was unchanged from the previous month and increased by 1% against February 2014 . He communicated Istat explaining that, overall, in the first two months of 2015 the average hourly earnings grew by 1% on the corresponding period of 2014.

As for the main macro sectors, in February, the hourly contractual wages showed a trend increase of 1.5% for private sector employees and no change for those in the public administration. The sectors in February present the major trend increases are: telecommunications (3.5%), rubber, plastic and non-metallic mineral processing (3.3%), energy and petroleum and mineral extractions (3%). There are variations void in the trade and in all sectors of public administration.

PUBLIC SERVICE, MORE ‘TO 3 YEARS FOR RENEWAL CONTRACT – There are about 7.3 million employees, of which about 2.9 million in the public sector, awaiting the renewal of the contract. In

February, the months of waiting for workers with contract expired s s on average 38.3 , more than three years, a significant increase over the same month of 2014 (26.2). The average wait calculated on the total number of employees is 21.8 months, up from a year earlier. He informed the Istat. In late February, the share of employees in the queue for renewal is of 56.9% in the total economy and 44.4% in the private sector. Therefore at the end of February 2015 are in force 35 contracts governing the salary of about 5.5 million employees representing 39.9% of the overall payroll. Among the contracts covered by the survey, in February are not incorporated and no new agreements expired.