INAIL Data Details

System integrated with the Ebitemp database

The database used in this analysis is updated quarterly and includes information on agency employment, drawn from INAIL administrative archives. In particular, the data include net employed persons, net employed persons with Italian citizenship, full-time equivalent employed persons, total hires, and new hires, defined as workers who appear for the first time in INAIL archives with an agency work contract. The information is available at a high level of detail and is broken down by gender, age group, and company size, as well as by economic sector according to ATECO 2025 classification and by territory, down to provincial level. The database also distinguishes part-time from full-time employment, enabling detailed analyses of both employment levels and the structure and dynamics of agency work.

Employed persons: Information on employed persons describes how many people work in agency employment and how much work is actually carried out. For this reason, data are presented using two different counting methods: net employed persons and full-time equivalent employed persons. Net employed persons are individuals who, in the reference period (year or quarter), worked at least one day. Each person is counted only once, even if they had multiple employment contracts in the period. If a person had multiple employment relationships in the same period, company-related information (such as sector of activity or company size) refers to the first employment relationship activated.

Net Employed

Net employed persons are the people, counted only once, who worked at least one day in the reference period (year, quarter). In the case of workers with multiple employment relationships in the period considered for the attribution of company characteristics (economic sector, company size, etc.), reference is made to the first employment relationship in the period.

New Hires

Within net employed persons, new hires are identified, meaning people who appear for the first time in INAIL archives during the reference period with an agency work contract. This figure helps show how many people are starting work through agency employment.

Hires

Total hires refer to the number of employment contracts opened in the reference period.

Full-Time Equivalent Employed

Full-time equivalent employed persons measure how much work was actually carried out, taking into account the duration of employment relationships. This indicator converts days worked into a value equivalent to full-time workers, making it possible to compare different situations. In practice: • a worker who works for the entire period counts as 1 full-time equivalent employed person • someone who works only for part of the period contributes proportionally This figure helps capture the real intensity of employment, beyond the simple number of people involved.

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