A report by the World Bank has highlighted that many of the service sector jobs that are hit hard by the current crisis are disproportionately female think about home helps, waitresses, hairdressers and beauticians. For many others smart working has meant an increase in domestic chores leaving less time for work
Welfare
What is a supplementary pension? Is it really worthwhile? Before investing, it is important to be well aware of the costs and risks involved
In Italy, it is possible to convert’ the years spent studying at university into pension contributions and a potentially early retirement. However, it can be quite costly here’s how it works
The Italian Labour Minister Nunzia Catalfo and the trade unions have held their first meeting and work has now begun on creating a minimum pension guarantee for those who entered the working world after 1996 and who, as a result of their intermittent careers, risk getting a very small pension check when they retire.
There are over 100,000 people in Italy who have not locked down: staying at home is not for them – they go out to help others. They are Italy’s volunteers. Without them, the Covid-19 emergency would be even tougher.
The storm will pass but we will inhabit a very different world. What that world will be like depends on the choices made in the midst of this emergency
The candidate for the US democratic party primaries has made a proposal for the institution of a basic income of one thousand euros for each citizen, to bolster the economy and abolish inequality. The concept is not new and has already been tested in various parts of the world (including Italy). The results are, however, contradictory. Here is why.
The 2020 budget law has introduced important news in terms of cost of labour, tax breaks for recruiting and some new important rules for working in tenders
There is a generation, as Francesco Vecchi, a journalist from the Italian TV channel Canale 5 explains in his book I figli del debito. Come i nostri padri ci hanno rubato il futuro (Children of debt. How our forebears stole our future) Piemme, that is kept hostage by the consequences of the big black hole in the State budget
There are 75 so far, but their numbers are growing. The idea of the Cor et Amor association to foster the sense of community and give a good example for everyone, starting from the little ones
In the first episode of the podcast series NoEthicsNoBrand, Adecco Group chief sales, branding & innovation officer Manlio Ciralli, analysed the value of knowledge and innovation in the labour market.
Who is the case manager? Increasingly complex welfare needs require a holistic vision, tailored action and the ability to coordinate several sources of aid. This is how the profession of social worker is being transformed.
Our country should stop selling cars with diesel or petrol engines by 2035 and switch to electric cars. New skills, new professional profiles and more research will be needed
“Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Laurie Santos at Yale, has become the most popular course in the history of the prestigious American university. Yet there is no shortage of examples in Italy as well
Software developers, engineers and computer scientists will be leading the first phase of creating a virtual reality for avatars. But eventually a detailed world will have to be created, and this will only be possible with architects, designers, mathematicians and many other professional profiles.