As a result of the recent ministerial decree No. 95075, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy has defined the criteria for further of the CIGS treatments extension (layoff salary integration). It should be stressed that these are exceptional social safety nets, and therefore, the company that intends to file an application for CIGS treatments extension will have to enter into a specific government agreement. The CIGS treatments extension may be authorized in cases where the applicant company shows real prospects for rapid transfer to third parties that could result in a chance to merge the transferred workers.

The company will have to make an application to the Ministry of Economic Development and confirm the prospectives for a quick transfer to third parties that will detect the transferring company, in order to safeguard employment levels. Here it will be necessary to preliminarily assess the financial sustainability of the intervention of CIGS treatments extension. If successful, the company must submit the application to the Ministry of Labour.

The intervention of the Ministry implements the legislative provision already contained in Legislative Decree 148 of 2015 which Art.21, which lists circumstances that allowing to benefit from the CIGS treatments extension. The decree specifies that the financial coverage is 50 million euro per year in the period between 2016 and 2018. However, the periods for the CIGS treatments extension will be decreasing up to 12 months for terminations that occurred in 2016, up to 9 months for 2017, and up to 6 months for 2018. The INPS will be tasked to monitor the expenditure flows and compliance with financial allocations.