Low birth rate causing problems for businesses – report – English

(ANSA) – ROME, SEP 2 – Mestre’s Cgia business association
said in a report on Saturday that Italy’s declining birth rate
was starting to cause problems for the nation’s firms.


   
It said the number of people aged between 15 and 34 had dropped
by almost one million in the last 10 years, making it difficult
for many Italian businesses to recruit young workers.


   
This factor is on top of the long-standing problem that many of
the young people who are available for work do not have the
skills companies need. (ANSA).