On November 1, the reform of unemployment benefits came into force, which introduces a major change with respect to the previous regulations: the so-called Employment Support Supplement (CAE), which allows the compatibility of unemployment and subsidies with employed work, whether part-time or full-time for a maximum of 180 days (six months).
The central idea of ​​this measure is, as Labor explained at the time, “to protect the long-term unemployed.” This amount will decrease over time and It will change depending on the day (partial, full) that is carried out.
When can it not be combined?
The new rule provides for cases in which unemployment and subsidies cannot be combined with employed work and which, in addition, will be sanctioned by the State Public Employment Service (SEPE).
- When the unemployed person is hired by a company with a Employment Regulation File (ERE).
- When the affected person has worked in the last previous year at the date of hiring in that company.
- When the unemployed person is a spouse, parent, child or relative by consanguinity or affinity (or, where appropriate, by adoption) up to a second degree of the entrepreneur or “of anyone who holds management positions or is a member of the administrative bodies of a company.”
What happens if it is not respected?
From the SEPE, dependent on the Ministry of Laborwarn that if the unemployed person does not respect this incompatibility and it is detected, “they may initiate a sanctioning procedure for not communicating the existence of a cause for suspension of the subsidy, generating undue charges”.
In fact, according to the new regulations, “make the request or receipt of the contributory benefit or unemployment benefit compatible with self-employment or work as an employee, except in the cases expressly provided for in the corresponding regulations.” “It is considered a very serious infraction which will be punished the first time with the loss of three months of benefits; the second with six months and the third, with extinction.