Supplementary allowance for maternity and parental leave in the private sector

These are two separate allowances that supplement

(a) the treatment, for a maximum period of 5 months, provided for by Article 22 of Legislative Decree No 151 of 26 March, 2001 (maternity allowance)

(b) the treatment, for a maximum period of 1 month, provided for by Article 34 of Legislative Decree No 151/2001 (allowance in support of parental leave)

for periods of maternity or parental leave taken between 01/01/2025 and 31/12/2027.

a) Allowance supplementing the treatment provided for by Article 22 of Legislative Decree no. 151/2001 (maternity allowance)

It is recognised, for a maximum period of five months, in the amount of €350.00 gross per month, reduced proportionally in the case of a part-time employment relationship.

In the case of an employment relationship activated as part of the provincial socially useful works or as part of the so-called Progettone (Project) referred to in Provincial Law 32/1990 and Provincial Law 12/2022, the amount recognised is € 200.00 gross per month.

The allowance is also due in the case of alternative paternity leave pursuant to Article 28 of Legislative Decree 151/2001.

It is not granted for periods of maternity leave for which the worker receives an allowance of more than 80%.

It cannot be combined with similar benefits provided for by other European, national, regional or provincial legislation.

b) The supplementary allowance provided for by art. 34 of Legislative Decree no. 151/2001 (allowance in support of parental leave)

It is granted limited to the first month of leave taken after compulsory abstention, for an amount equal to € 175.00 gross for every 14 continuous days of parental leave taken, for a maximum total amount of € 350.00. The amount is proportionally reduced in the case of a part-time employment relationship.

In the case of an employment relationship activated as part of provincial socially useful work or as part of the so-called "Progettone" (Project) referred to in Provincial Law 32/1990 and Provincial Law 12/2022, the amount recognised is equal to € 100.00 gross for every 14 continuous days of parental leave taken, for a maximum total amount of € 200.00.

It is not recognised

• if the petitioner receives more than 80% of the salary for parental leave;
• if parental leave is taken on an hourly basis;
• for portions of leave of less than 14 days or if the period of 14 continuous days of parental leave is taken even partially in 2024

The allowance cannot be combined with similar benefits provided for by other European, national, regional or provincial legislation.

It can be cumulated with the provincial support for parents sharing child-rearing activities provided for by the current Document of Labour Policy Interventions referred to in Article 1 of Provincial Law no. 19 of 16 June 1983.

The allowances under (a) and (b) are available to persons who meet the following requirements

• be, for the entire period of leave covered by the allowance, employed in the private sector;
• be, on the first day of the leave covered by the allowance, resident in the Province of Trento or employed in an operating unit located in the Province of Trento
• have taken periods of maternity or parental leave between 01/01/2025 and 31/12/2027

Private sector employees

Two separate applications are envisaged for the allowances under (a) and (b).

In both cases, the application must be submitted, exclusively by filling in and sending it directly online on the dedicated platform that will be made accessible from this page in the first months of 2026.

The application must be sent, under penalty of forfeiture, within the following deadlines

• from the date of activation of the digital platform and by 30 June 2026 for periods of leave taken entirely in the year 2025;
• from 1 July 2026 to 1 March 2027 for periods of leave taken in part or in full in 2026;
• from 2 March 2027 to 29 February 2028 for periods of leave taken partly or wholly in 2027.

A condition for the payment of the allowance referred to in points a) and b) is the indication in the application of a current account with an Italian IBAN code in the name of (or co-owned by) the beneficiary, into which the allowance will be paid.

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