TEFI TCA – id. code 3919 Final report INDEX INTRODUCTION I ...

TEFI TCA – id. code 3919Contrary to Italian workers, the non European Community workersare mainly employed with time contracts.The different intensity of the phenomenon of concealed labour, in thevarious sectors as well as on a territorial level, is clearly seen in theanalysis of the data on the rate of irregularities (calculated aspercentage of the amount of concealed labour in a territorialarea/sector and the total number of workers employed in the sameterritorial area/sector ) carried out by ISTAT (Statistics Institute).The sectors most involved in concealed labour are those of agricultureand the building trade, where the fragmentary and seasonalcharacter of the productive activity has allowed for the use of foreignworkers who are not resident and not legally registered, for quite afew years, substituting local labour that progressively tends to leavethese sectors.In the service sector this phenomenon is very diffused and is mostevident in commerce, hotels, transport and home services.In 2003, the rate of concealed labour was equal to 22.8% in theSouth of Italy, while in all the other areas it was less than thenational average (13.4%).In Abruzzo concealed labour is estimated by ISTAT at 12.6%. In thevarious sectors the highest percentage is found in agriculture,followed by services and the building trade.Concealed labour in industry is higher in Teramo and Pescara inrespect to the other two provinces, while in private services L‘Aquilahas the highest incidence.On a local level, interesting results emerge from a recent work ofanalysis on the territory carried out in the province of Teramo: 1) theabsence (presumed) of first level concealed labour (the company andFinal report 91