Support for fathers’ parental leave to share childcare responsibilities

Financial support for fathers whotakeparental leave instead of the working motherto look after their children.
    

The amount of support

Fathers who take parental leave instead of the mother are entitled to financial support for every 7 consecutive days of paid parental leave taken, for a maximum period of 3 months.

The amount of the support is equal to the difference between the financial allowance received for parental leave and 80 per cent of the reference pay, up to a maximum of €312.50 for every 7 consecutive days of parental leave taken. 

Periods of parental leave of less than 7 days do not entitle the parent to financial support.

Example:

• if 9 consecutive days of leave are taken, the allowance is paid for 7 days 
• if 25 consecutive days of leave are taken, the allowance is paid for 21 days 

Financial support is not granted where parental leave is taken on an hourly basis.

The allowance cannot be combined with similar benefits provided for by other European, national, regional or provincial regulations, contractual provisions or similar benefits paid by bilateral bodies or bilateral funds.

Requirements for fathers

Fathers with childcare and care responsibilities towards their children, who must be:

1. self-employed or employed under a contract of employment with a private or public sector employer;
2. on the first day of the leave for which the allowance provided for in this notice applies, resident in the province of Trento or employed at a place of work situated in the province of Trento.

Requirements for working mothers

1. be, on the first day of parental leave for which a claim for support is made, resident in the province of Trento or employed at a production unit located in the province of Trento;
2. be, for the entire period of parental leave for which support is requested, employed as a self-employed worker (where such self-employment involves agricultural work, support is granted if the mother is registered with the relevant INPS scheme)or employed under an employment contract with a private or public employer; 

Financial support is not granted if the working mother, who is employed under a contract of employment, is absent from work due to compulsory early maternity leave, compulsory maternity leave or parental leave, even for children other than the one for whom the father has submitted an application.

For the child for whom parental leave is requested, the parents may simultaneously benefit from the provisions set out in Law 104/92.

Fathers with responsibilities for the care and support of their children.

From Wednesday 4 November 2026, working fathers may submit an application for the allowance within 90 days – failing which the entitlement will lapse – from the end of their parental leave, by following these steps:

1. download and complete the application form available below;
2. submit the form:
   - by email, in .pdf format, to: amministrazione.adl@pec.provincia.tn.it;
   - or in person, at your local Job Centre;
   enclosing a copy of the applicant’s valid identity document.

Please note!
An online platform dedicated to submitting applications will be launched shortly and will be accessible directly from this web page. From that point onwards, applications must be submitted exclusively online via the platform.
Details on how to access the platform and instructions for submitting applications will be provided on this page as soon as the platform becomes available.

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