The National Social Insurance Agency (INPS) issued operational instructions concerning the increase in the parental leave allowance provided for as from 2024 (art. 1, par. 179 of Law no. 213/2023 and circular message no. 57/2024).
Up to the child’s 12th birthday:
a) each working parent is entitled to three months of non-transferable parental leave (six months in total).
For 2024, two of the six months of non-transferable leave – if taken before the child’s sixth birthday – are compensated at 80% of salary, instead of 30%.
Instead, as from 2025, the amount of the allowance paid in respect of the two of the six months of non-transferable leave shall be equal to:
- 80% of the salary for the first monthly payment and
- 60% for the second monthly payment.
This more favourable criterion for determining the allowance is applied provided that the period of parental leave relates to a child in respect of whom maternity or, alternatively, paternity leave ended after 31 December 2023.
The remaining period of transferable parental leave – equal to four months – is compensated at the rate of 30% of salary.
b) working parents are also granted, alternatively, an additional period of parental leave of a total duration of three months compensated at 30% of salary (art. 34, par. 1, Legislative Decree no. 151/2001).
Below is a synoptic table of the compensability of parental leave.
| Non-transferable parental leave |
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| Duration | Allowance for 2024 |
Allowance for 2025 |
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| Working mother | 3 months | 2 months at 80% |
1 month at 80% |
| 4 months at 30% | 1 month at 60% | ||
| Working father | 3 months |
4 months at 30% | |
We remain available for any further clarification.