In the first three months of this year the hours of layoffs authorized have grown by 11,9% compared to the same period of the previous year, despite the decrease in interventions in derogation. This was announced by INPS, adding that in the month of March alone, the hours of layoffs authorized fell by 2,8% over the year and grew by 22,4% over February.
At the economic level, the authorized cash hours in derogation recorded a surge by 147%, even in the face of the sharp contraction recorded in February (-49,1%). The annual decrease is instead of 47,1% (Inps however specifies that the annual decrease in authorizations "does not indicate a decrease in requests, but only in usable resources").
The stability law has allocated 2013 billion for the derogation for 1,7. At the moment, only the first 530 million have been released, according to the latest figures provided by the outgoing Welfare Minister, Elsa Fornero. The institution of the CIG by way of derogation was introduced in 2008 to protect companies that traditionally did not benefit from other forms of protection for workers or for those that had exhausted the ordinary and extraordinary cash periods.
