In dealing with the crisis triggered by the coronavirus, the government has not envisaged "interventions in favor of the generality of the temporary employees and, more generally, of those who can't find a job”. The critique reads in memorandum on the Cura Italia decree prepared by the Bank of Italy for the Senate Budget Committee and released on March 25 and aimed at highlighting the significant impact that the coronavirus will have on the Italian economy.
“In the case of temporary workers – argues Palazzo Koch – it should be considered among other things that, although they have access to wage integration treatments formally similar to those of permanent workers, the periods of use of the Cig do not extend the duration of the expiring employment relationship".
Furthermore, even considering the temporary freeze on layoffs established by Cura Italia decree, "fixed-term workers will have reduced possibilities of remaining employed after the contract expires and they will have to resort to the NASpI - continues Bankitalia - which however guarantees short-term treatments to unemployed people with discontinuous careers ".
Consequently, according to Via Nazionale, “a temporary increase in the duration of NASpI treatments for those who return among its beneficiaries starting from a certain date, it would have been justified by the reduction in the possibility of obtaining a job".
For the rule that provides for the blocking of layoffs, the Bank of Italy underlines that the scope of application “is not clearly defined and seems to include also domestic work relationships, for which access to extraordinary support measures (additional to the NASpI) is not envisaged: if on the one hand the law protects workers, on the other it entails an increase in the costs incurred by families for these types of services.
Other surveys of Palazzo Koch concern the prize of € 100 for those who worked in March and the 600 euro bonus for the self-employed, which are not related to income. According to Bankitalia, "it would be important to parameterize the aid to the lack of job and income opportunities by territory and sector of activity, also taking into account the taxable income of the various subjects in previous years".
