INDENNITÀ DI MOBILITÀ

(MOBILITY ALLOWANCE)

 

The mobility allowance (indennità di mobilità) is due to workers whose employment  relation is solved by the company, as a consequence of:

  • conclusion  of the special redundancy fund (cassa integrazione straordinaria);
  • dismissal due staff reduction or to transformation of activities or tasks;
  • dismissal for end of the company’s activities.

 

REQUIREMENTS

The worker is entitled if:

  • he/she is registered in the mobility lists drawn up by the “Centri per l’impiego” (Public Job Centers);
  • he/she has got comprehensively 12 months of service in the company;
  • he/she has evidence of 6 months of effective work, comprising paid holiday periods, industrial injuries (infortunio).

The duration changes depending on the worker’s age upon dismissal and on the location of the company.

 

Age of the worker

Companies in the center-north

Companies in the south

up to 39 years

12 months

24 months

from 40 to 49 years

24 months

36 months

from 50 years onwards

36 months

48 months

 

Generally, the allowance can not be paid for a period exceeding the length of service of the worker in the company.

In the presence of specific characteristics concerning age and social security contribution, it is paid until the right to pension reached.

 

APPLICATION AND STARTING DATE

It must be submitted to INPS and presented to the “Sezione circoscrizionale per l’impiego” (regional welfare office) within 68 days from the dismissal.

The allowance (indennità di mobilità) is due as from:

  • the 8th day after the dismissal if the application is filed within the first 7 days;
  • the 5th day after the filing of the application in the other cases.

 

THE AMOUNT

For the first 12 months: 100% of the allowance for the special redundancy fund (cassa integrazione straordinaria) he/she has received or would have been entitled to in the period immediately before dismissal, within the limits of a monthly maximum amount.

For the successive periods: 80% of said amount.

In any case the mobility allowance can not exceed the monthly maximum amout fixed on a yearly basis, gross amount which as from January 1st, 2005, is of € 819,62 (net amount € 774,21), and is raised to the gross amount of € 985,10 (net amount € 930,53) in case of workers with monthly wages over € 1.745,40. The allowance is paid by INPS on a monthly basis directly to the concerned worker and is suspended if the worker is employed with a fixed term or part-time contract.

The allowance ceases if the concerned worker:

  • is cancelled from the mobility lists (liste di mobilità);
  • is employed with an open-ended contract;
  • reaches the age entitling him/her to old age pension or perceives retirement or anticipated pension, or a disability pension or allowance, without having chosen the mobility allowance instead.

 

APPEAL

If the application is rejected, the concerned person can file an appeal against the decision with the “Comitato Provinciale” of INPS, within 90 days from the receipt of the letter informing of the rejection.

The appeal addressing the “Comitato Provinciale” can be:

  • filed at the counters of the INPS headquarters which have rejected the application;
  • sent to the INPS headquarters by registered mail with return receipt (raccomandata con ricevuta di ritorno);
  • presented to one of the legally recognized patronage offices.

All relevant documents have to be enclosed.

 

(traduzione basata su materiale informativo sintetico tratto dal sito Internet dell’INPS)