Home » Legal developments » National legislation » Italy: new measures supporting employees in struggling businesses Italy: new measures supporting employees in struggling businesses Through . Published on 21 July 2021 à 11h59 - Update on 21 July 2021 à 11h59 Resources On 15 July, Italy’s Council of Ministers adopted urgent measures to protect employees of companies in the process of liquidation or closure. Thus the government will finance thirteen additional weeks of technical unemployment until 31 December 2021 for employees of companies in crisis ‘with a minimum of 1,000 employees and which manage at least one industrial site of national strategic interest.’ This initiative primarily concerns employees of Acciaierie di Italia Holding, the former Ilva di Taranto, which is one of Europe’s largest and Italy’s most significant steel producers and which has been embroiled in longstanding environmental and legal scandals. Relief is also being provided to some 400 workers at the former Piedmont-based Embraco factory (refrigeration components), which is in the process of liquidation, and for whom the Minister of Labour has secured an additional six months of technical unemployment, at no cost to the company, in order to facilitate the search for a re-industrialization solution for the site. The Council of Ministers also wants to encourage companies facing liquidation or administration to use soft solutions that could substitute employee layoffs if possible with tax breaks, and which companies request from the Cassa Integrazione (technical unemployment) between 01 July to 31 December 2021. 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.EmailThis 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