Decree-Law no. 9/2020 on "Urgent support measures for families, workers, and businesses as related to the epidemiological emergency from COVID-19" was published in the Official Journal (no. 53 of 02.03.2020), with which measures are urgently introduced to ensure economic support for citizens and businesses facing issues of financial liquidity due to the ongoing health emergency. Many significant emergency measures have been put into place by the government, from the suspension of obligations and payments of taxes until the end of April 2020, for natural and legal persons whose residence, registered office, or operational headquarters falls within the cities in what is defined as the "red zone", to the provision of specific measures for tourism and hospitality businesses located throughout the country. As regards employment, the government has established special temporary procedures for companies with operating units in red zones and/or workers that reside in the area and are thus unable to work, with derogations from the union consultation as regards the deadlines for formalising "cassa integrazione"  procedures and/or for accessing the solidarity fund. Companies located within the red zone are offered to suspend extraordinary "cassa integrazione" procedures if they were already in progress before the health emergency, replacing it with the special ordinary procedure of "cassa integrazione" introduced by the Decree-Law in question. Two different types of procedures in derogation are then introduced, one with a duration limited to a maximum of 3 months, and one more specific that is solely for employers in the private sector, including the agricultural sector, with production units located in Lombardy, Veneto, and Emilia Romagna. This can be activated for a maximum duration of one month after a union agreement is signed, in order to contain the production-organisational prejudice suffered "as a result of the orders issued by the Ministry of Health, in agreement with the regions, in the context of measures taken with Decree-Law no. 6 of 23 February 2020". On the self-employment and professional front, an allowance of 500 Euro per month is granted for a maximum of three months, for workers who have coordinated and continuous freelance relationships, for commercial agents, professionals and self-employed workers who are domiciled or who carry out their activities in cities in the red zone.