Parental Leave Allowance: 30% to 80%
- May 23, 2023
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News No. 14/2023
Subject: Increase in parental leave benefits from 30% to 80% of pay for a maximum period of one month and new event codes
In a recent circular, INPS issued operational instructions for increasing the parental leave allowance from 30% to 80% of pay for a maximum duration of one month and up to the child’s sixth year of life—a measure introduced by Law No. 197 of December 29, 2023 (2023 Budget Law) in Article 1, paragraph 359.
The increase in the allowance applies exclusively to employees; all other categories of workers are therefore excluded.
Consequently, if one parent is an employee and the other is not, only the parent who is an employee is entitled to the month of parental leave with benefits equal to 80% of their salary.
No additional month is added to the total number of months of parental leave: rather, there is simply an increase in the allowance for one of the three months to which each parent is entitled—which cannot be transferred to the other parent—provided that the monthly allowance, equal to 80% of the parent’s salary, is taken within the first six years of the child’s life (or within six years of the child joining the family, in the case of adoption or foster care).
The INPS emphasizes that the month for which 80% of earnings is paid is limited to one month for both parents combined and may be divided between them or taken by only one of them.
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