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Factsheet for measure IT-2021-1/1683 – measures in Italy
Country | Italy , applies nationwide |
Time period | Temporary, 01 January 2021 – 31 December 2021 |
Context | COVID-19, European Semester |
Type | Legislations or other statutory regulations |
Category |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery into a green future
– Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
Author | Anna Mori (University of Milan) |
Measure added | 08 January 2021 (updated 18 January 2021) |
The Budget Law for the year 2021 (Law no. 178, issued on 30 December 2020) established a new national program called "Employability Guarantee for Workers" within the realm of active labour market policies. The program aims at fostering the employability and the integration into the labour market of unemployed workers.
The new national program called “Employability Guarantee for Workers” aims at introducing a series of active labour market policies aiming at fostering the employability and the integration into the labour market of unemployed workers. Within the EU Commission program “React EU”, the Budget Law allocated €233 million to the Employability Guarantee to finance activation measures admissible according to the React EU plan. By 60 days since the issue of the Law, the Ministry for Labour and Social Policies, together with the Ministry for Economy and Finance, have to present a plan specifying (art. 1 c. 324):
Further €267 million are instead allocated to finance the relocation allowance (art. 1 c. 325), a financial support provided to support unemployed workers in their active search for a job. It is based on a voucher system: the beneficiaries receiving the vouchers can use these vouchers to buy customised and individual employment support services at any public employment centre or at private accredited centres. Unlike in the past, also unemployed workers receiving payroll subsidies, unemployment allowances or the citizenship basic income are eligible to get the relocation allowance.
The measure has been introduced on 30 December 2020. Data on its application are not available yet.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Applies to all workers | Does not apply to businesses | Does not apply to citizens |
Actors | Funding |
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National government
Public employment service |
European Funds
National funds National Recovery and Resilience Facility |
Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | No involvement | No involvement |
Form | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
The social partners have not been involved.
The social partners have not been involved.
Citation
Eurofound (2021), Employability program for workers, measure IT-2021-1/1683 (measures in Italy), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/IT-2021-1_1683.html
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