Unemployment compensation is now possible for workers in Italy
who operate as 'coordinated and continuing associates'
(known as DIS-COLL). The buffer also extends to research fellows
and doctoral researchers.
The change is part of the new freelance work provisions (Italian
Law 81/2017 ) and this compensation, introduced
temporarily in 2015 as part of the Jobs Act, had been postponed
until it was finally made permanent on 1 July 2017.
Individuals operating as coordinated and continuing associates
now have this shock absorber available to them, and it has also
been extended to cover research fellows and doctoral researchers
with scholarships.
In light of these changes, the Law has provided for a lending
rate to be accounted for in the INPS (Italian Institute of Social
Security) separate scheme for self- employed workers, of 0.51%.
