Subject: INPS Technical Provisions on Wage Supplement Treatment (News Inps of July 10, 2020, No. 84)
The Inps through circular explained the changes introduced by the latest decrees-laws, No. 34/2020 and No. 52/2020, retracing the entire and current discipline of wage supplement treatments related to the epidemiological situation of Covid-19 and providing instructions on the proper handling of applications.
The following is a summary of what is contained within the News Inps in question. Regarding the details of the regulatory provisions, please refer to the News already forwarded by the Firm when the aforementioned decrees came into force.
ORDINARY WAGE SUPPLEMENT TREATMENT AND ORDINARY ALLOWANCE FOR THE CAUSE "COVID-19"
The period of ordinary wage supplement treatment (CIGO) and ordinary allowance (FIS) claimable by employers, who had to stop or reduce production activities due to events attributable to the epidemiological emergency from COVID-19 is as follows:
9 weeks + 5 weeks (=14 weeks) For periods beginning February 23, 2020 to August 31, 2020
(Articles 19 to 21 of Decree-Law No. 18/2020, converted, with amendments, by Law No. 27/2020, as amended by Decree-Law No. 34/2020)