Background information

In order to limit the movement of people throughout the national territory during the COVID-19 crisis, the Law Decree No. 18 of 17 March 2020 (art. 40) suspended the conditionality requirements connected to the reception of the citizenship income and of other income support instruments (for instance NASPI and DISCOLL) for two months.

Content of measure

The conditionality requirements connected with the reception of various income support measures generally addressed unemployed and people seeking for a job (citizenship income, NASPI and DISCOLL) were suspended by Law Decree No. 18 of 17 March 2020. Hence, recipients of these income support measures will continue to receive the benefits without being obliged to participate to the definition of an Employment Pact, to carry out active job search or to accept suitable job offers. This measure was introduced in order to limit the movement of people on the national territory.

Law Decree No. 34 of 19 May 2020 (art. 79) further extended the suspension for another two months.

Use of measure

No information available.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Unemployed Other groups of workers	Does not apply to businesses	Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government	No special funding required

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	No involvement	No involvement
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• No involvement
• Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

Social partners were not involved in designing, implementing and monitoring the measure.

Views and reactions

Trade unions were supportive of the measure. Employers' associations and, in particular Confindustria called for a permanent removal of conditionality requirements to the citizenship income and, in particular, the abolition of the so called "navigators", i.e. public officials responsible for active labour market policies.

Sources

• 17 March 2020: DECRETO-LEGGE 17 marzo 2020, n. 18 (www.normattiva.it)
• 19 May 2020: Law Decree No. 34 of 2020 (www.gazzettaufficiale.it)