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Fixed-term employment contract (Italy)

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For an employer in Italy hiring on a fixed-term contract, full-time or part-time. The form covers three cases: a contract of up to twelve months with no stated ground, replacing other workers, and technical, organisational or production needs identified by the parties, allowed for contracts signed by 31 December 2026; grounds set by a collective agreement are not included. It states term, duties, the statutory trial-period formula, pay and the right of precedence. The term counts only if written; the copy is due within five working days. In Italian.

  • Made for use in Italy
  • Last updated October 14, 2026

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When to use this document

  • You are taking someone on in Italy just for a few months and need a fixed-term contract.
  • An employee of yours in Italy is going on maternity leave and you are hiring a replacement.
  • You want to hire someone for six months and only then decide whether to take them on permanently.
  • You want an Italian fixed-term contract with the ground and the end date set out properly.

What you fill in

The details the document asks for.

  • Employer
  • Employer's registered address
  • Employer's codice fiscale or partita IVA (Italian tax or VAT number)
  • Person signing for the employer
  • Employee
  • Employee's codice fiscale (Italian tax code)
  • Employee's place and date of birth
  • Employee's address
  • Full-time or part-time
  • Start date
  • End date of the contract
  • Ground for the fixed term
  • Details of the ground: the worker replaced, or the specific technical, organisational or production needs
  • Applicable collective agreement (or “none”)
  • Grade under the collective agreement
  • Position
  • Duties
  • Place of work
  • Trial period (e.g. three months of actual work, or “none”)
  • Weekly working hours
  • Working hours
  • Gross base salary
  • Salary in words
  • Number of monthly payments a year (e.g. 13 or 14)
  • Other components of pay
  • Day of payment
  • Additional terms
  • City
  • Date

Common questions

When does a fixed-term contract in Italy need a stated ground?
When the contract, alone or added to earlier fixed-term contracts between the same parties, goes beyond twelve months, up to the maximum of twenty-four. This form offers replacing other workers and needs identified by the parties, allowed for contracts signed by 31 December 2026; grounds in a collective agreement must be taken from that agreement. Without a valid ground the contract becomes open-ended from the day twelve months are exceeded (art. 19 of Italian Legislative Decree 81/2015).
How many extensions can a fixed-term contract in Italy have?
Four at most within twenty-four months, always with the employee's consent (art. 21 of Italian Legislative Decree 81/2015); beyond twelve months in total a ground is needed. Fixed-term work between the same parties for duties of the same grade and category may not exceed twenty-four months in all, unless a collective agreement provides otherwise; past that limit the contract becomes open-ended.
By when must a fixed-term employee in Italy receive the contract?
The term must appear in a written document signed before work starts, or it has no effect (except for jobs of up to twelve days), and the employer gives the employee a copy within five working days of the start (art. 19(4) of Italian Legislative Decree 81/2015). The compulsory hiring notice is sent online, free of charge, by the day before. Many trade associations give their members free model contracts based on the collective agreement.

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