The third edition of the Report Lavoro minorile in Italia: rischi, infortuni e sicurezza sui luoghi di lavoro (Child Labour in Italy: Risks, Accidents and Safety in the Workplace) reveals an increase in the number of child workers in Italy. The Report was presented on 12 June by Unicef, during an online meeting promoted by the organisation on the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour.

The Report examines data on child labour and work-related injuries in Italy for the 2019-2023 five-year period, distributed by age, region and gender. This edition, edited by the Italian Laboratory of Public Health for the Analysis of Community Health Needs at the University of Salerno and carried out as part of the activities of the Unicef Observatory for the Prevention of Health Damage from Child Labour, also analyses the data on the number of reported fatal accidents among workers under 17 years of age, and in particular in the 15-17 age bracket, which rose from 5,816 in 2020 to 9,859 in 2021, and from 17,681 in 2022 and 18,825 in 2023.

There were 6 fatal accidents at work or on the way to work among workers in the same age group in the 2019-2023 five-year period.

The Report is available on the Unicef website.

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