More than one domestic employment relationship out of two in Italy is still irregular.

This figure not only highlights the fragility of a crucial sector, but also reflects the complexity of a field where care, work, culture and economic sustainability intersect.

Although a National Collective Labour Agreement has regulated the sector since 1974, regularisation continues to represent a cultural, economic and political challenge.

In an ageing society, where care work is becoming increasingly central to the wellbeing of families and the broader community, understanding how to build more regular, fair and sustainable conditions is becoming ever more urgent.

From this perspective, Filippo Breccia, Vice President of Nuova Collaborazione, the oldest domestic employers’ association in Italy, founded in Turin, reflects on the sector’s critical issues and possible drivers of change.

Interview by Francesco Antonioli.

Filmed and edited by Riccardo Quaglio.

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