From parental leave to the 1,000 euro baby bonus: here are all the incentives for those born in 2025

The Inps announces news on parental leave allowance. The allowance for the month of parental leave has been increased from the current 60 per cent to 80 per cent of salary. In addition, the parental leave allowance for a further month will also be increased to 80 per cent, thus improving the economic support for parents in the first years of the child's life. The main changes include: first month: paid at 80 per cent (already provided for in the Budget Law 2023), second month: raised to 80 per cent (previously 60 per cent), third month: raised to 80 per cent (previously 30 per cent). In this way, each parental couple will have three months paid at 80 per cent, to be used individually or shared, even alternately or simultaneously. Subsequent months of leave remain compensated at 30 per cent, while the last month may be unpaid, except for situations of particularly low income.The provisions apply to employed parents who end their leave after 31 December 2024 and who take leave from 1 January 2025. The measure is extended to cases of adoption or fostering. The parent must be an employee; maternity or paternity leave must end after 31 December 2024; parental leave must be taken from 1 January 2025. Periods of leave must be taken by the sixth year of life, adoption or fostering of the child and no later than the age of majority.

To encourage the birth rate, the Budget Law 2025 introduced the Newborn Bonus. The bonus consists in the disbursement of a one-off amount of €1,000 for each child born or adopted from 1 January 2025. In particular, to access the bonus, applicant parents must jointly meet the following requirements: citizenship - beneficiaries can be Italian citizens, citizens of an EU Member State or hold an EU residence permit -; residence in Italy; and an Isee not exceeding €40,000 per year. The application must be submitted online, through the dedicated service, within 60 days from the date of birth or from the date the child joins the family.

The Single and Universal Allowance is an economic support for families with dependent children awarded for each child: up to the age of 21 (under certain conditions) and without age limit for disabled children. The Single and Universal Allowance is payable to families where the following conditions are met: for each dependent minor child. In the case of newborns, it starts from the seventh month of pregnancy; for each dependent adult child, until the age of 21, who: attends a school or vocational training course, or a university degree course; is engaged in an apprenticeship or work activity and has a total income of less than 8,000 euro per year; is registered as unemployed and looking for a job with the public employment services; performs universal community service. Families, who at the time of application are in possession of a valid Isee, receive the allowance according to the corresponding income bracket.

A EUR 500 bonus for sports and extracurricular activities has been introduced for 2025, intended for young people between the ages of 6 and 14 who engage in recreational and sports activities during extracurricular hours. The beneficiaries of this contribution will be families with an Isee up to 15,000 euro. The modalities for requesting the bonus, granted by the Family Grant Fund, will be clarified shortly.