It is unlawful to advance monthly severance pay installments in paychecks.

News Flash No. 14/2025

The National Labor Inspectorate, in its note no. 616/2025, clarified that it is not legitimate to pay monthly severance pay installments in the paycheck, except in the cases provided for by law.

In particular, it should be noted that the legislation that introduced the so-called "QUIR" (supplementary remuneration quota, introduced in 2015 through a mechanism that allowed private sector workers who requested it to receive monthly payments of their severance pay) no longer exists.

Law No. 190/2014 (the so-called Stability Law for 2015) had in fact introduced the measure on an experimental basis only and was active from March 1, 2015, until June 30, 2018.

The measure therefore no longer exists today, due to the expiry of the law that introduced it on an experimental basis only, and which was not extended.

Any form of advance payment of severance pay in the paycheck must comply with the restrictions of Article 2120 of the Civil Code.

In this context, the Inspectorate reiterates that collective or individual agreements may concern an advance on the provision accrued at the time of the agreement and not a mere automatic transfer of the monthly accrual to the paycheck, which, at this point, would constitute a mere salary supplement, with consequent repercussions also in terms of contributions.

Any payment outside the cases provided for in Article 2120 of the Civil Code therefore constitutes a violation of the law.

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