This area contains data, reports and updates, published by official sources, relating to the impact on the world of finance and work resulting from the COVID-19 epidemiological emergency and the subsequent measures in the short and medium term.

The focus of this topic concerns both the Italian and international context.

• Annual report of the European Network of Public Employment Services, for 2022, downloadable from the European Commission website
• The Report on the forecasts of employment and professional needs in Italy in the medium term (2024-2028), Excelsior Information System, downloadable from the UnionCamere website.
• The Report of the Working Group for the fight against working poverty in Italy was published on 18 January 2022
• The National Recovery and Resilience Plan was definitively approved on 13 July 2021. The relevant website is Italia Domani.
• The Labour Market: data and analysis. Mandatory Communications. National and local trends were analysed with provisional data updated to 28 July 2023.
• The 2023 annual bulletin, by ANPAL, UNIONCAMERE and Progetto Excelsior, which analyses the employment trend in 2023 with the trends observed in all sectors.
• The XXII INPS Annual Report, published in September 2023, whose first chapter is dedicated to the post-pandemic labour market.
• ILO Observatory, provides insights on COVID-19 and the world of work.
• The 2023 World Economic Forum's "Future Jobs" Report, which explores the evolution of professional skills and the most sought-after jobs in the near future.

The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and the Eurofound Work Programme 2021-2024: Eurofound's research aims to provide insights into the challenges and prospects in the employment sector and labour markets in the EU in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.