Italian clinic offers BRL 3,500 for employees who have children

The low birth rates around the world already show signs of a future crisis. Therefore, an Italian company decided to offer a financial incentive to employees who decide to have children.

Located in the province of Salerno, the “Villa dei Fiori” rehabilitation center will grant a bonus of €1,000 (R$3,500) for each birth of its employees' children.

The director general of the center, Domenico Vuolo, explained that the decision was taken to support the future mothers and fathers who work at the company.

The incentive is a way of presenting a new example to the job market, in the midst of the trend of layoffs of working mothers.

For Vuolo, the idea is to convey confidence and support to employees, so that they can start their families, knowing that they are part of a community.

He states that “Villa di Fiori decided, with this initiative, to do its part in a simple way, with the desire that the example be followed by other companies”.

The birth crisis around the world

Different countries are seeing the drop in the number of births in their territories. O Japan is one of the countries that decided to invest in stocks that promote birth rates, whose expenses could reach R$127 billion. According to the IBGE, Brazil also had the lowest birth rate since 2003.

In Italy, Domenico stated that the campaign was also motivated after the release of birth numbers from the States General of Natality. The country currently occupies one of the last positions in the birth rate ranking in the world.

The data represent a worrying situation. The Italian authorities and the Vatican already assess the need for 500,000 births a year in the country.

The Italian government believes that the lack of new citizens will generate a demographic decline, with a loss of 1.5 million Italians in the coming years and 11 million people in 40 years if the situation is not resolved.

The rehabilitation center initiative took effect in May 2023 and two births have already been registered as part of the incentive.

The families of children Rosa and Genaro were presented with the bonus, and the babies represent, in a way, hope for Italy.