Application for reimbursement to volunteers of the Mountain Rescue and Caving Corps

Article 1, Law No. 162 of 18 February 1992 established the right to remuneration and related contributions for employed and self-employed men and women engaged in mountain and speleological rescue work for the Italian Alpine Club (CAI).

Self-employed male and female workers in their capacity as volunteers of the Italian Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps of the Italian Alpine Club are entitled to receive an indemnity in the event that they have abstained from work on the days in which mountain and speleological rescue operations are carried out or during the relevant exercises, as well as on the day following the day of the rescue operations that lasted more than eight hours, i.e. beyond midnight.

The allowance for loss of income related to the days when they abstained from work is paid after applying for reimbursement to the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies (Article 3, Ministerial Decree No. 379 of 24 March 1994).

The application for reimbursement must be submitted to the Employment Service, under penalty of forfeiture, by the end of the month following the month in which the worker carried out the rescue operations or exercises.

For self-employedworkers and female workers in their capacity as volunteers of the National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps of the Italian Alpine Club.

For employed men and women, see the dedicated page on the INPS website.

The application for reimbursement must be submitted to the Employment Service, under penalty of forfeiture, by the end of the month following the month in which the worker carried out the rescue operations/exercises. The request must be accompanied by the declaration of the mayor of the municipality where the rescue operations/exercises were carried out, as well as a photocopy of a valid identity document of the applicant. The Employment Service, once it has determined the amount of the allowance due to the volunteer on the basis of the amount fixed annually by decree of the Minister of Labour and Social Security, communicates the data to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, which will then proceed with the payment of the allowance due to the entitled person.

The application must be submitted on the appropriate form, together with

• certificate of participation in the rescue and/or exercise activity issued by the competent mayor or mayor;

• declaration from the bank stating that the IBAN code is in the name of the self-employed worker

• identity document (if with handwritten signature)