(Tiper Stock Exchange) – The Great Designationthe phenomenon of voluntary resignation from work born in the United States, it is also a reality in Italydobo accelerate the abandonment of the place of work, often unmotivated, i.e. not supported by a pension or other job offer. With the pandemic, the phenomenon of is also accentuated in our country and continues with increasingly large numbers even in a year of recovery of the activity.
According to quarterly data on mandatory communications to the Ministry of Labour, they were handed over 1.6 million resignations in the first nine months of 2022, with a 22% growth compared to the same period in 2021, when more than 1.3 million were registered.
Among the causes of termination of employment relationships voluntary resignation are in second place after the expiration of forward contractsbut there is also an increase in layoffs after the end of the lockdown experienced during the pandemic: 557 thousand relationships interrupted in the first nine months by decision of the employer, up 47% compared to 379 thousand in the same period of 2021 when the blockade was still in force.
In the third quarter of the yearthe resignation was 562 thousand, up 6.6% (+35 thousand) compared to the third quarter of 2021. I layoffs were 181 thousandwith growth by 10.6% (+17 thousand) compared to the same period of 2021.
The phenomenon of resignations is growing and concerns both men and women, but for the latter it becomes prevalent. To push the resignation voluntary could certainly have been the greater dynamism of the labor marketwhich has created greater mobility and opportunities for those who want to change jobs, but also the need or desire for a different work-life balance in favor of the family and a climate of general unease in the workplace.