The three-month interruption and the effects on families with minors
At the moment there is a three-month break in the provision of citizenship income, after it has been received for 18 months. It is quantifying how much the elimination of the break could cost for families with minors.
34.1% of the recipients signed a labor agreement with the employment center
And then, of course, there is the problem of failure – or less than expected – to enter the labor market. The connection between the perception of income and the search for work is in fact the great weak point (detractors do not hesitate to speak of a “flop”) of the measure. Economic support to supplement family income has not always been followed by a path of work and social reintegration. The latest Anpal data, updated as of June 30, highlighted that out of over three million people concerned, 1,150,152 have to sign the labor agreement, including over 392,000 people (34.1 %) but it is not clear how many are those who have found a job since Anpal no longer provides this data. They were 92,000 based on the latest employment figure dating back to November 2020.
Towards a squeeze on Citizenship Income
Meanwhile, it is outlined, piece by piece. the restyling of this measure, which should start next year. More controls, with an anti-rogue squeeze, and a push to accept job offers. In view of the 24-25 billion maneuver, which could get the green light from the CDM at the end of this week or the beginning of the next, the government is working on a modification of the Citizenship Income which, starting from the current audience, would introduce a mechanism décalage of the check which would be triggered, in the event of refusal, from the second job offer. The novelty would concern a third of those entitled, those who are deemed “employable”. A strengthening of preventive controls is also foreseen thanks to the crossing of databases as well as ex post ones with the help of the Gdf. Overall, the hypothesis is a cut of between 700 million and 1 billion in citizenship income, to be allocated to other solutions, such as the reform of the shock absorbers (see also Il Sole 24 Ore of 19 October). A few more elements to understand what will be the outcome of yet another tug-of-war in the executive on this measure, which sees on the one hand those who want to abolish it (Lega and Iv) and on the other those who ask to keep it, perhaps with some tweaking on the side of active labor policies (M5s and LeU), will be outlined in the Budget Planning Document, which the Government is preparing to approve – the document, which constitutes the backbone of the 2022 maneuver, will be sent to the European Commission – and, above all, in the budget bill.
The refinancing for 2021 collected by the tax decree
Meanwhile, the income support measure collected a € 200 million chip from the tax decree linked to the maneuver for refinancing in 2021. At the meeting of the CDM that gave the green light to this solution, the Minister of Economic Development, the Northern League player Giancarlo Giorgetti, highlighted that the citizen’s income was refinanced by subtracting resources from emergency income (90 million), early access to retirement for tiring and heavy jobs (30 million), access to retirement precocious workers (40 million) and parental leave (30 million). The maneuver is announced as a test case. And Prime Minister Mario Dragni will be called upon to find a synthesis between the positions of the majority. Once again.