Extension of exemption to promote stable youth employment
- Studio Piceci
- February 7, 2022
- Reading time: 2 min
Update: May 31, 2022
News Flash No. 07/2022
Subject: Extension of the exemption to promote stable youth employment, female employment, and social security contribution relief in southern Italy
In its message no. 403 of January 26, 2021, INPS announced that on January 11, 2022, with decision C(2022) 171 final , extended the applicability of certain concessions provided for in Budget Law No. 178/2020 until June 30, 2022.
Therefore, until June 30, 2022:
It will be possible to use (provided that all legal requirements are met) the exemption for permanent hires/contract conversions carried out between January 1, 2022, and June 30, 2022, of young people under 36 who have never had a permanent employment relationship with either the employer hiring them or any other employer (for an amount equal to the employer's contribution, up to a maximum limit of €6,000 per year and for a maximum period of 36 months, with the possibility of extension to 48 months for permanent hires/conversions of young people carried out at offices or production units located in the regions of Molise, Abruzzo, Puglia, Campania, Basilicata, Sicily, Calabria, and Sardinia);
The exemption (up to a maximum amount of €6,000 per year) provided for in Budget Law 178/2020 may be used for permanent hires and conversions of fixed-term contracts to permanent contracts for disadvantaged female workers pursuant to Law 92/2012 (i.e., women of any age who have not had regular paid employment for at least 24 months, regardless of their place of residence; or women of any age who have not had regular paid employment for at least 6 months and who reside in regions eligible for funding under the European Union's structural funds and in areas identified annually by decree of the Minister of Labor and Social Policies (we attach the latest decree issued, which defines gender inequality); or the conversion to permanent contracts of fixed-term employment contracts entered into with women over 50 years of age who have been unemployed for at least 12 months);