Administrative and operational instructions for an additional month of increased parental leave
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- 1 May 2024
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Update: May 3, 2024
News No. 17/2024
The INPS, with News No. 57 of April 18, 2024, has provided administrative and operational instructions relating to the additional month of parental leave paid at 60% of salary (for the year 2024 only, at 80% of salary), the amount of which was introduced by the Budget Law for 2024 (Law No. 213/2023), and valid only for employees who finish their mandatory maternity or paternity leave after December 31, 2023.
We remind you that Budget Law No. 213/2023 amended Article 34, paragraph 1 of Legislative Decree No. 151/2001, providing for an increase, from 30% to 60% of salary, of the parental leave allowance for an additional month, to be used within the child's sixth year of life (or within 6 years of the child's entry into the family in the case of adoption or foster care and, in any case, no later than the age of majority of the adopted or fostered child).
The provision operates alternatively between working parents.
If one parent is self-employed or registered with the Separate Management scheme, the month of parental leave compensated at 60% of salary (we remind you, increased to 80% for the sole and exclusive year 2024) is due only to the employed parent.
INPS emphasizes that this is not an “additional” month of parental leave, but rather only an increase from 30% to 60% (for 2024 only, 80%) of one additional month compared to what was established by the Budget Law of the previous year, no. 197/2022, while the total remains three months of parental leave entitled to each parent and non-transferable to the other parent. The additional month at 60% (for 2024 only, 80%) is only one for both parents and can be used in full, split into days, or on an hourly basis, and the month can be divided between the parents or used by only one of them.
INPS specifies that the “alternating” use between parents, as provided for by the amended Article 34 of Legislative Decree no. 151/2001, does not preclude the possibility of using it on the same days and for the same child, as allowed for all periods of parental leave.
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