Italy Offers €200 bonuses for migrant seasonal, domestic workers

Rome: The Italian government in May this year passed legislation to provide one-off allowances of €200 for many categories of workers, including seasonal and domestic workers.

“The DL 50/2022 law allows migrant workers to apply for the bonus, as long as they were residing in Italy before July 1 2022, and all income requirements are met,” a statement issued by the European Commission on July 28 reads.

According to the EU Commission, this measure is likely to affect many citizens of third countries.

Data provided by the Italian National Institute of Social Security (INPS) show that the majority of workers in the domestic sector are foreigners.

Meanwhile, INPS registered about 961,358 domestic workers in 2021, an increase of 1.9 per cent compared to 2020. In addition, foreign workers account for 70 per cent of the total, where their number increased by 3.2 per cent in the last year.

“Unlike other categories, domestic workers can apply for the bonus directly on the INPS portal by September 30, 2022,” the statement also noted.

Except for Italy, the number of non-EU nationals who decide to go to another country to work has increased significantly in Germany during the last few years.

In this regard, the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, Destatis, revealed that at the end of 2021, more than 295,000 people who had a temporary residence permit for employment purposes were registered in the Central Register of Foreigners.