The Italian National Social Security Institute (INPS) (Memorandum no. 44 of March 24th, 2020 and Memorandum no. 45 of March 25th, 2020) provided operational instructions concerning the special parental leave and the baby-sitting bonus introduced by the Italian Government (Sect. 23 and 25 of Law Decree no. 18 of March 17th, 2020) in order to face the Covid-19 emergency, as well as clarifications as to the increase of the paid leave for those employees caring for persons with serious disabilities, as envisaged by Sect. 33, paragraph 3, of Law no. 104/1992…
