New employment measures announced to tackle impact of Ukraine crisis

With Decree-Law No. 21 of 21 March 2022, the Italian government has introduced new employment law provisions to tackle the economic impact of the crisis in Ukraine. These include:

• For 2022 only, petrol vouchers or similar benefits provided free of charge by private companies to employees for the purchase of fuel will not count as part of their income to a maximum of 200 per individual;
• Also for 2022 only, up to twenty-six weeks of ordinary wage subsidies for employers who have reached the maximum limits of eligibility has been agreed with a maximum of 150m support available;
• Again for 2022 only, employers with up to 15 employees who have Ateco codes as per the annex to the new decree – and who fall under the scope of a bilateral solidarity fund or under the Wage Supplementation Fund (FIS) or the Territorial Fund of the Provinces of Trento and Bolzano – have been granted an eight week extension of relevant salary support provided they have already reached the previous maximum limit of said support;
• Employers in the steel, wood, ceramics, automotive and agribusiness sectors are exempt from paying additional contributions for reduction or suspension of work from 22 March 2022 until 31 May 2022;
• the 100% exemption from social security contributions for a maximum of thirty-six months and 6000 py, has been extended to the hiring on open-ended contracts of employees made redundant in the previous six months by...

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