Economics

Italy Set to End Ban on Firing Workers in Test of Economy’s Covid Restart

  • Government to drop job protections for manufacturing workers
  • Unions urge Draghi to extend safeguards until at least October
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Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s government plans to end a ban on firing workers in the manufacturing and construction sectors, removing protections that have been in place since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in a sign of Italy’s recovery.