With the note no. 141/2011, Italian social security Institute (so called “INPS”) run the temporary period to pass to the on-line modality for the application to obtain the ordinary layoff. In particular, the Institute established, starting from January 1st, 2012, the chance to apply through a data transmission channel accessible typing a Pin code, saved a period of 2 months during which would have been granted also the traditional modality of application. The temporary period expires on January 31st and, from February 1st, the data transmission channel is the only way for applying to obtain an ordinary layoff. Moreover, with the message no. 1564/2012, INPS specified that the application, whose dead-line expires Saturday or Sunday, may be sent within Monday.