Liquidity Decree – Measures to support work

Liquidity Decree – Measures to support work

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The Liquidity Decree has extended the range of employees who may have access to social security benefits to those employed after 23.2.2020 (the identified conventional date of the beginning of the epidemic caused by the spread of coronavirus).

Government provisions extend the wage subsidy treatments provided for in Cura Italia decree also for workers hired between 24 February and 17 March 2020. The employees who in 2020 suspend or reduce their work due to events attributable to Covid-19 can submit an application for the grant of the ordinary the wage subsidy treatment or can access to the ordinary allowance motivated “Covid-19 emergency”.

These subsidies last for periods starting from 23 February 2020, for a maximum duration of nine weeks, and in any case within August 2020.

The new Decree regulates the exceptional lay-off for private employers (including agricultural, fisheries and third sector employers, including civilly recognized religious bodies) to whom do not apply the protections related to suspension or reduction of the working hours.

Fall within the scope of this wage subsidy treatments companies to which the CIGO does not apply (article 10 of Legislative Decree 148/2015) as well as employers with on average fewer than five employees and therefore cannot benefit from the F.I.S. (Wage Supplement Fund).

The Liquidity Decree established that workers already employed as of 23.2.2020 could benefit from both wage subsidy treatments, as does not apply the requirement of effective seniority of at least ninety days at the date of submission of the application.

 

More details in the attached document that integrates the circular on provisions introduced by Cura Italia decree.