1. Social protection of self-employed
Measures
and
Enhancements
in Italy
Missoc Network
Budapest
Anna Cioffarelli National Social Security Institute

2. Self-Employed Definition in the civil law art. 2222 :
as the performance of a self-employed person without subordination to who
assigns the job.

3. Classification Numbers

4. Main classifications Artisans Traders Farmers
Para-employees (new category established by law n.335/1995 )
Professionals of public registers

5. Administration of social benefits
Administrated by National Social Security Institute: Artisans – Traders - Farmers –self-employed farmers – Para-employees
16 Professional Insurance Funds administrated by private bodies
exclusively for its members

6. Professionals Managed by each of the private bodies :
Disability, Old Age, Survivors
Maternity according to contributions paid

7. New types of self-employed
Dynamic concept of work with atypical employment
From employment to self-employment
there are various shades
Employee Para-employed Self employed Independent professionals Free-lance

8. Social Protections of self-employed
Disability, Old Age, Survivors, Employment injuries and Occupational diseases are granted according to the contributions paid and to the regulations of the general system
Health Care and Long-term Care :for all according to the regulations of the general system

9. Social Protections of self-employed
Sickness and maternity:
Benefits in kind are granted according to the regulations of the general system
Cash benefits: maternity benefits 80% of last income for 5 months.
Sickness allowance :
Generally speaking no protection system exists for self-employed
Exception for self-employed with a specific treatment (separate management)

10. Social Protections of self-employed
Unemployment:
Generally speaking no protection system exists for self-employed
Exception for self-employed with a specific treatment (separate management)

11. Social Protections Enhancements
Recipients:
Self-employed insured under the separate management scheme
Requirements: insured for minimum three months by separate management security scheme
Only one job assignment
Unemployed for at least two months
Unemployment allowance paid as a lump sum of maximum Euro 4,000

12. Social Protections Enhancements
Experimental allowances against job shortage for the three-year period
Other measures:
To fight youth unemployment business start up subsidies from regional governments

13. Social protections Enhancements
Services offered by local employment agencies
courses to learn a job sponsored by Chamber of Commerce especially for arts and crafts that risk to disappear
assistance to unemployed people to achieve their vocations

14. Social protections Enhancements
Assistance to long term unemployed to start business through soft loans (in collaboration with Italian Bank Association)
Soft loans for single retailers and other self-employed to overcome a temporary crisis to avoid unemployment

15. Thank You