Open-ended employment contract (Italy)
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For a business or professional hiring an employee in Italy on an open-ended contract, full-time or part-time. It sets out the national collective agreement (CCNL) applied, grade, duties, place of work, trial period (six months at most), hours, pay, holidays, notice and severance pay (TFR), and contains the written information required by Italian Legislative Decree 152/1997 as amended by the transparency decree. Signed in two copies before work starts. In Italian. Household staff have their own domestic-work contract.
- Made for use in Italy
- Last updated October 14, 2026
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When to use this document
- You are hiring your first employee in Italy and need a written open-ended employment contract.
- Your company in Italy is taking on permanently someone who has so far worked for you on a temporary basis.
- The new employee starts next Monday and you want the trial period agreed in writing before then.
- You want an Italian employment contract that sets out the collective agreement, the pay and the hours in one place.
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
- 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
- Does an open-ended employment contract in Italy have to be in writing?
- Italian law does not require a full-time open-ended contract to be written, but the employer must give the employee the information on the relationship in writing (Legislative Decree 152/1997 as amended by Legislative Decree 104/2022); this contract contains it. A trial period is valid only if agreed in writing before work starts (art. 2096 of the Italian Civil Code), and part-time work must be proved in writing, with the hours set out (art. 5 of Legislative Decree 81/2015).
- How long can the trial period of an open-ended contract in Italy be?
- Six months at most (art. 7 of Italian Legislative Decree 104/2022), or less if the collective agreement applied sets a shorter period. The trial clause must be written and signed before work starts and name the duties being tried; otherwise it is void and the hiring is final from the first day. During the trial either side may end the contract without notice or compensation (art. 2096 of the Italian Civil Code).
- What must an employer in Italy do before the employee starts work?
- Sign the contract with the employee and give them a copy, and send the compulsory hiring notice (the Unilav form) no later than the day before work starts, online and free of charge through the regional employment service or a labour consultant. Model contracts are often provided free by the employers' associations that signed the collective agreement applied.
How you can sign this document
- Print it and sign by hand. The signature lines in the document are left blank on purpose — sign on them in ink.
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