NASpI (Nuova Assicurazione Sociale per l'Impiego -- New Social Insurance for Employment) is Italy's primary unemployment benefit scheme, introduced by D.Lgs. 22/2015 as part of the Jobs Act reform. It replaced the previous fragmented indennita di disoccupazione (unemployment allowance) and ASpI schemes. NASpI is administered and paid by INPS and is available to employed workers in the private sector who have lost their job involuntarily through dismissal, expiry of a fixed-term contract, or mutual consensual termination in certain circumstances.
To qualify, a claimant must have at least 13 weeks of INPS contributions in the four years preceding unemployment and at least 30 days of actual employment in the 12 months prior to job loss. The benefit is calculated at 75 percent of the average monthly wage for earnings up to a threshold set by INPS (updated annually), with a capped supplement for earnings above that threshold. The allowance is reduced by 3 percent per month from the sixth month of payment and has a maximum duration equal to half the number of weeks of contributions accrued in the four preceding years, capped at 24 months.
Claimants must register as job-seekers with a Centro per l'Impiego (public employment centre) and actively participate in job-search activities; failure to do so can result in suspension or revocation of the benefit. For employers, NASpI funding partly derives from the 1.4 percent additional INPS contribution charged on fixed-term contracts and the standard social security contributions paid throughout employment.