Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » National legislation » Italy: €25 billion in Government support for businesses families and the health system Italy: €25 billion in Government support for businesses families and the health system At a time when whole sectors of Italy’s economy have had to come to a halt because of the coronavirus pandemic, on Monday 16 March the Council of Ministers adopted a decree-law, albeit not yet published in the Official Journal (Gazzetta Ufficiale), aimed at providing support for businesses and workers. Called ‘Cura Italia’ (Healing Italy) the text intends in particular for a widespread extension of technical unemployment provisions (Cassa Integrazione), a two-month suspension of employment terminations, and ‘extraordinary’ parental leave to allow a parent take care of children during school closure periods. Through . Published on 17 March 2020 à 15h50 - Update on 17 March 2020 à 15h50 Resources As the Council of Ministers statement states it is a question of ‘avoiding a situation whereby temporary effects on economic business activity produce permanent results such as companies in affected sectors closing down permanently.’ A broad extension for technical unemployment,… Managing the fallout of Covid-19 Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.NameThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels