If you are an employee, you are entitled, in alternation to the other employed parent, to be absent from work because of the illness of each of your children, even if adopted, as follows:
- for the entire period corresponding to the child’s illness, if your child is not over 3;
- for a maximum of 5 working days a year, if your child is between 3 and 8 years old.
In order to justify the days of absence you must provide the employer with the medical certificate of the child.
The worker’s absence due to illness of his or her child is not subject to the ordinary checks envisaged for illness of the worker.
The law does not provide for any allowance for leave due to the child's illness, but collective agreements may provide more favourable conditions.
‘Bonus mamma domani’ birth bonus (Law No 232 of 11 December 2016, Article 1, paragraph 353)
Law No 232 of 11 December 2016, Article 1, paragraph 353, provides for a birth bonus called ‘bonus mamma domani’ [‘tomorrow's mother bonus’]. It is an allowance of EUR 800, which you are entitled to as a future mother, even if not working, at the end of the seventh month of pregnancy or on adopting a child.
The bonus must be claimed from the INPS, which pays it in a lump sum irrespective of income. It does not contribute to calculation of your overall income for tax purposes.
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