MINISTRY OF LABOUR: NASPI UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ALSO COVER CASES OF DISCIPLINARY DISMISSAL (IL SOLE 24 ORE, 25 APRIL 2015, PAGE 13)

The Ministry of Labour, with reply to a question of 24 April, clarified that the new social insurance for employment (Naspi) will apply to all cases of involuntary unemployment, including cases of (i) dismissals for just cause, (ii) consensual termination at the time of preventive arbitration before the local employment offices (DTL) and (iii) disciplinary dismissal. In addition, according to the Ministry, payment of the benefit will apply to those workers who accept the economic indemnity envisaged by the new settlement offer of the increasing protection contract.