In the second quarter of the year, Istat reports in its note on the labor market, the year-on-year growth in the number of employed people continued (+395 thousand, +1.7 percent compared to the second quarter of 2022). Compared to the first quarter, they increased by 129 thousand (+0.6%), as a result of the growth of permanent employees (+130 thousand, +0.8%) and self-employed (+23 thousand, +0.5%), which more than offset the decline in fixed-term employees (-25 thousand, -0.8% in three months).
Link: https://tg24.sky.it/economia/2023/09/13/dati-istat-occupazione-italia-secondo-trimestre