The mid-March Italy care decree introduced a 600-euro bonus that can be used to pay for the babysitter, as an alternative to the extraordinary 15-day parental leave available during the closing period of schools and kindergartens for the coronavirus emergency. The relaunch law decree, which entered into force on 19 May, doubled the value of the bonus to 1,200 euros.

The value (from 1,000 to 2,000 euros) of the bonus for operators of the public and private health service and for those of the security, defense and public rescue sectors was also doubled.