Roberto Brazzale can't help but put on a big smile when he speaks of his latest hires. The Italian, who together with his two brothers runs one of the oldest dairy plants in the country known for mozzarella and parmesan cheese, has recently made headlines by taking what some would consider some unusual HR decisions. When launching a new project to market more specialized gourmet butter products, Brazzale was looking to set up a dedicated team. But the handful of 30-somethings who came for a tria
Many workers approaching retirement age look forward to downing tools after years of hard graft. Yet in Italy, despite its chronic problems of youth unemployment, these older workers have never been
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CARTIGLIANO, Italy (Reuters) - Businesses in the sleepy Italian town of Cartigliano are so worried about its declining birth rate and lack of workers that they have begun paying families' nursery school fees and childcare costs to spur them to have more babies.