Eurofound's EU PolicyWatch collates information on the responses of government and social partners to the COVID-19 crisis, the war in Ukraine, rising inflation, as well as gathering examples of company practices aimed at mitigating the social and economic impacts.
Overview of measures by country
Eurofound has identified 138 measures in Italy in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, the digital transformation, the green transition, and companies undergoing restructuring. Most cases fall into the category Supporting businesses to stay afloat with 41 cases (30%). The data collection to date started in March 2020, and data are updated at regular intervals.
This overview was prepared by Lisa Dorigatti (University of Milan) and Eurofound.
Legislations or other statutory regulations |
|
---|---|
10 April 2020 |
Reward for employees exposed to risk in March
Remuneration and rewards for workers in essential services |
05 May 2022 |
Support measures for students, doctoral candidates, researchers, teachers of Ukraine
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
23 June 2022 |
National Labour Exchange
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
11 July 2022 Updated |
Unit for the management of disputes concerning enterprises facing difficulties
Smoothing frictions or reallocation of workers |
Company practices |
|
28 November 2020 |
Giovanni Rana: Extraordinary plan of wage increases in pasta manufacturing company
Remuneration and rewards for workers in essential services |
03 December 2020 |
Telemedicine at IRCSS Ospedale San Raffaele
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
Other initiatives or policies |
|
24 September 2020 Updated |
New health and safety regulation for the schools
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
Legislations or other statutory regulations |
|
---|---|
10 April 2020 Updated |
Suspension of tax deductions, social security and welfare contributions and premiums for compulsory insurance
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
28 July 2021 |
Tax credit for the sanitation and purchase of individual protection devices
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
29 July 2021 |
Non-repayable allowance for businesses and professionals
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
13 October 2021 |
Fund to support closed economic activities
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
13 October 2021 |
Urgent provisions to support the touristic sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
13 October 2021 |
Urgent measures to support the textile and fashion sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
13 October 2021 |
Measures to support business liquidity
Access to finance |
13 October 2021 |
Measures for the continuity of passenger air transport
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
14 October 2021 |
Entertainment, cinema and audiovisual emergency fund
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
11 January 2022 |
Non-repayable allowance for operators in the historic centres
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
11 January 2022 |
Tax deduction of the costs for renovation works
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
12 January 2022 |
Non-repayable allowance for the tanning industry
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
12 January 2022 |
Non-repayable grants for companies in the events sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
12 January 2022 |
Emergency fund for local broadcasters
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
18 May 2022 |
Facilitated access to finance for companies with interests in Ukraine, the Russian Federation or Belarus
Access to finance |
18 May 2022 Updated |
Grants for small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises affected by the war in Ukraine
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
19 May 2022 Updated |
Tax credit for road hauliers
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
19 May 2022 Updated |
Subsidies for companies strongly affected by the Ukrainian crisis
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
28 July 2021 |
Waste tax break for enterprises
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
23 June 2022 Updated |
SME Guarantee Fund
Access to finance |
27 July 2021 |
Financial support measures for the printing and advertising industry
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
14 April 2021 Updated |
Extraordinary Fund for the Third Sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
10 April 2020 |
Loan instalments deferral for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises affected by the COVID-19 epidemic
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
10 April 2020 Updated |
Guarantee fund for SMEs
Access to finance |
15 April 2020 |
Measures to support businesses in obtaining credit
Access to finance |
15 April 2020 |
Credit guarantee for SMEs
Access to finance |
14 July 2020 |
Exemption of the regional production tax
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
15 July 2020 Updated |
Direct subsidy to companies
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
28 September 2020 |
Reduction of social security contributions for affected companies
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
14 April 2021 |
Support measures for mountain municipalities in ski districts
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
28 October 2020 |
Cancellation of the second installment of the Single Municipal Tax (IMU)
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
30 October 2020 Updated |
Rental bonus for businesses and professionals
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
30 October 2020 |
Fund to sustain enterprises in the agriculture, fishery and acquaculture industries
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
07 January 2021 Updated |
Non-repayable allowance for the activities in the catering sector
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
08 January 2021 |
Suspension of the payment of social security contributions
Deferral of payments or liabilities |
08 January 2021 |
Financial support to the activities in the agriculture, fishery and aquaculture sectors
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
11 April 2021 |
Non-repayable allowance for businesses and professionals
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
12 April 2021 |
Fund to support large enterprises
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
28 October 2020 Updated |
Fund for the support of amateur sports associations and clubs
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
19 February 2023 Updated |
Supporting the purchase of fuel for agricultural and fishing activities
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
Bipartite collective agreements |
|
25 September 2020 Updated |
Company-level agreement on the use of payroll subsidies
Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation |
Legislations or other statutory regulations |
|
---|---|
09 April 2020 Updated |
Ordinary wage guarantees and new regulation of the exceptional wage guarantee fund
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
23 June 2022 |
Wage Guarantee Fund (CIGO/CIGS/CIGD)
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
23 June 2022 |
Wage Guarantee Fund for labour related credits
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Bipartite collective agreements |
|
02 December 2020 |
Luxottica: Welfare and solidarity in times of COVID-19
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Other initiatives or policies |
|
15 April 2020 |
Agreement on the anticipation by banks of wage subsidies measures ex-COVID-19
Income support for people in employment (e.g., short-time work) |
Legislations or other statutory regulations |
|
---|---|
11 January 2021 |
Contract for the inter-professional expansion
Change of production/Innovation |
11 April 2021 |
Fund for enhancing research and the industrial reconversion of the biopharmaceutical sector
Change of production/Innovation |
11 January 2022 |
Voucher for the purchase of consultancy services for SMEs
Change of production/Innovation |
12 January 2022 |
Incentives for the industrial and ecological transition
Change of production/Innovation |
23 June 2022 Updated |
Atlas i4.0
Change of production/Innovation |
23 June 2022 |
Vouchers to cover for innovation consultancy
Change of production/Innovation |
Company practices |
|
02 December 2020 Updated |
Temporary conversion of FCA plants to produce masks
Change of production/Innovation |
02 December 2020 |
LMA Aerospace Technology starts producing masks and sanification instruments
Change of production/Innovation |
Legislations or other statutory regulations |
|
---|---|
09 April 2020 Updated |
COVID-19 indemnity for self-employed, economically dependent workers and employees
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
09 April 2020 Updated |
Leave and allowance for workers with children and other dependants
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
10 April 2020 |
Income protection for the workers' period of quarantine
Paid sick leave |
14 July 2020 Updated |
Emergency income
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
15 July 2020 |
Suspension of conditionality requirements for income support measures
Income support for unemployed |
21 December 2020 |
Extraordinary income and operational continuity indemnity
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
14 April 2021 Updated |
Allowance for seasonal workers in tourism, spectacles, sports and spas
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
27 July 2021 |
Allowance for collaborators in the sport sector
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
29 July 2021 |
Discipline of the unemployment benefit
Income support for unemployed |
Bipartite collective agreements |
|
21 December 2020 |
New COVID-19 related provisions for the bilateral fund for domestic workers Cassacolf
Paid sick leave |
Company practices |
|
28 November 2020 Updated |
Trenord: New company health insurance policy in case of COVID-19 infection
Paid sick leave |
Legislations or other statutory regulations |
|
---|---|
12 May 2020 |
Extension of the solidarity fund for mortgages for the purchase of the first home
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
14 July 2020 Updated |
Suspension of evictions
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
14 July 2020 |
Regularisation of irregular employment
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
12 November 2020 |
Fund supporting non-self-sufficient people
Protection of vulnerable groups (beyond employment support) |
21 December 2020 |
Contribution for the reduction of rents
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
06 May 2022 Updated |
Reception of Ukrainian refugees
Other humanitarian measures |
25 October 2023 |
Ordinance of catastrophic meteorological events Veneto Region
Other humanitarian measures |
25 October 2023 |
Ordinance for catastrophic meteorological events in Emilia-Romagna Region
Keeping or obtaining a safe home |
Other initiatives or policies |
|
13 April 2020 Updated |
Urgent measures of food solidarity
Provision of services in kind (e.g. food vouchers) |
Legislations or other statutory regulations |
|
---|---|
31 March 2020 Updated |
Temporary suspension of individual and collective dismissals
Flexibilisation and security |
23 February 2024 |
Superbonus 110%
Retrofitting buildings |
23 October 2023 |
National Ecological Transition Plan (PTE)
Strategic plans and programmes |
06 June 2023 Updated |
Reducing the tax wedge
Increasing income in general |
06 June 2023 Updated |
Tax measures for corporate welfare
Increasing income in general |
19 February 2023 |
Termination of the state of health emergency
Measures to support a gradual relaunch of work |
18 February 2023 Updated |
Energy cost package
Support for energy bills |
18 February 2023 |
Incentive fund for qualification of port workers
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
17 February 2023 Updated |
One-off bonus for employees
Increasing income in general |
17 February 2023 Updated |
Food assistance benefit
Support for other basic items (e.g., food, housing, public transport, medicines) |
17 February 2023 |
One-time €150 bonus against inflation
Increasing income in general |
17 September 2022 Updated |
Resources allocated to development contracts
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
15 September 2022 Updated |
Energy suppliers are not allowed to unilaterally modify contracts
Support for energy bills |
04 March 2024 Updated |
Ecobonus
Retrofitting buildings |
14 September 2022 Updated |
Cut in gasoline excise duty
Support for fuel expenses |
14 September 2022 |
One-time €200 bonus against inflation
Increasing income in general |
14 September 2022 |
Corporate welfare and help with bills for employees
Support for energy bills |
23 June 2022 Updated |
Bilateral solidarity and occupational redeployment funds
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
12 November 2020 |
Work support endowment - People with disabilities - Employed COVID EMERGENCY (EMERGO 2019)
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
21 December 2020 |
New skills fund - to be implemented via company level agreements
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
21 December 2020 |
Tax advantages on building and energy matters efficiency (Superbonus 110%)
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
11 July 2022 Updated |
National fund for energy efficiency
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
14 April 2021 Updated |
Social fund for employment and training
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
26 July 2021 |
Re-employment contract
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
08 January 2021 |
Employability program for workers
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
29 July 2021 |
Elimination of the ban to dismissals
Flexibilisation and security |
13 October 2021 |
Urgent provisions to access to cultural, sporting and recreational activities
Measures to support a gradual relaunch of work |
11 January 2022 |
Car purchase incentives to support the automotive industry
Support for spending, stimulus packages |
11 May 2022 Updated |
Energy bonus for enterprises
Support for energy bills |
18 May 2022 |
One-off subsidy for low-income employees
Increasing income in general |
23 June 2022 Updated |
Interprofessional paritarian funds for continuous training
Active labour market policies (enhancing employability, training, subsidised job creation, etc.) |
27 July 2021 |
Flexibilisation of temporary contracts
Flexibilisation and security |
04 March 2024 Updated |
Home Renovation Bonus
Retrofitting buildings |
Other initiatives or policies |
|
20 October 2023 |
Italian long-term strategy on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
Strategic plans and programmes |
23 October 2023 |
National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC)
Strategic plans and programmes |
23 October 2023 Updated |
Territorial Just Transition Fund
Financing the green transition |
24 October 2023 |
National Climate Change Adaptation Plan (PNACC)
Strategic plans and programmes |
24 October 2023 |
Urban plans for sustainable mobility (PUMS)
Sustainable mobility |
30 January 2023
Governments across the EU continue to implement policies to support citizens and businesses in the face of rising food and energy prices caused by the COVID-19 crisis and intensified by the war in Ukraine. This article summarises the policy responses as reported in Eurofound's EU PolicyWatch database from January to September 2022.
Article12 September 2022
Although the worldwide pandemic situation had already disrupted supply chains and triggered increases in energy and food prices in 2021, the situation deteriorated in 2022 with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Article12 September 2022
This article summarises the first policy responses that governments across the EU have started to implement to support companies affected by the rising prices, and those with commercial ties to Ukraine, Russia or Belarus.
Article5 July 2022
This article summarises the first policy responses of EU Member States, including those of the social partners and other civil society actors, enabling refugees to exercise their rights under the Temporary Protection Directive.
ArticleDisclaimer: This information has not been subject to the full Eurofound evaluation, editorial and publication process.