Italian employment was down 473,000 in October on the same month last year due to the COVID pandemic, ISTAT said Wednesday.
The f all was largely due to a drop in self-employed and temp jobs, the stats agency said.
Steady jobs rose 61,000 thanks to a COVID firing ban.
The unemployment rate among people aged 15-24 rose back above 39%, ISTAT said.
Youth unemployment in Italy rose by 2.6 points in October on the same month last year, to 30.3%.
It rose by 0.6 points between September and October of this year.
Overall employment was 0.1% down, or 13,000 units fewer, between September and October.
Italy has been hit by an unprecedented peacetime recession due to COVID.
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