Babysitting Bonus

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posted on 2023-11-06, 21:19 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

A babysitting bonus was provided as an alternative to the COVID-19 Leave so that eligible parents were able to use it to pay for babysitters

History

Country

Italy

Policy Area

ECEC

Measure

Cash for care

Eligibility

Private sector employees, self-employed workers and workers enrolled in the INPS Separate Management, employees in the healthcare sector, personnel from the security, defence and public rescue sector employed for needs arising from the COVID-19 emergency with children younger than 12

Type

Voucher

Start / Announced Date

16/03/2020

End Date

31/08/2020

Amount

For health sector workers and other key sector workers: Up to €2,000 For other sector employees: Up to €1,200

Total Cost

N/A

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

Addabbo, T., Cardinali, V., Giovannini, D., and Mazzucchelli, S. (2020) ‘Italy country note,’ in Koslowski, A., Blum, S., Dobrotić, I., Kaufmann, G. and Moss, P. (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2020. Available at: http://www.leavenetwork.org/lp_and_r_reports/ Biasi, M. (2020) 'COVID-19 and labour law in Italy', European Labour Law Journal, 11(3), pp, 306-313. UNDP COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker: https://data.undp.org/gendertracker/