Subject: Inps Technical Provisions on Wage Supplementation Treatment in Derogation (News Inps of July 15, 2020, No. 86; Inps Message of July 15, 2020, No. 2825)
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.
WAGE SUPPLEMENTATION TREATMENT IN DEROGATION
The period of wage supplementation treatment in derogation (CIGD) that can be requested by employers, who had to stop or reduce production activity due to events attributable to the epidemiological emergency from COVID-19 is as follows:
9 weeks + 5 weeks (=14 weeks) For periods starting from February 23, 2020 to August 31, 2020.
The first nine weeks recognized by the autonomous regions and provinces, while treatments for periods after the first nine weeks are authorized by INPS, upon application by employers.
(Article 22 of Decree-Law No. 18/2020, converted, with amendments, by Law No. 27/2020, as amended by Decree-Law No. 34/2020)
4 weeks also claimable for periods before September 1, 2020.
(Decree-Law No. 52/2020)
This is without prejudice to the maximum total duration of eighteen weeks considering treatments recognized cumulatively under Article 22 of Decree-Law No. 18/2020 and Article 1, Paragraph 1 of Decree-Law No. 52/2020.