News . 03/2022 Subject: Art. 1 - paragraph 134 - Law no. 234/2021: Stabilization of mandatory and optional paternity leave INPS Circular No. 1 of January 3, 2022 addresses paternity leave (mandatory and optional) which Law No. 234/2021 (the so-called Budget Law) has stabilized with effect from 2022. The essential features are summarized below. In line with what was already provided for, for children born, adopted, or placed in foster care on or after 01/01/2022

News Conversion of Decree Law No. 34 of May 19 into law This document reports the changes made to the provisions of the law referred to above following its conversion into law. In addition to the amendments made to the legislation, the conversion law provided for the repeal of Decree-Law No. 52 of June 16, 2020, while retaining some of the provisions contained therein, such as, for example, the possibility of requesting the finalization of certain procedures.

The INPS (Italian National Social Security Institute) has issued a circular providing guidelines for taking maternity and paternity leave exclusively after childbirth, as provided for in the 2019 Budget Law. This method of taking leave is also recognized for female workers enrolled in the separate pension scheme. Specifically, with effect from January 1, 2020, it has been made possible to take full leave following childbirth, subject to the issue of a certificate by the end of the seventh month of pregnancy.