Resignation letter for household staff (Italy)
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For a domestic helper, carer or nanny leaving a job with a family in Italy. Domestic work is excluded from Italy's online resignation procedure: here resignation is given in writing, and this letter gives it, with the notice set by the collective agreement for domestic work and the last working day, and asks for unused holiday, the accrued thirteenth-month pay, severance pay (TFR), the last payslip and the end-of-job report to INPS. Hand it over and have the copy signed, or send it by registered post with proof of receipt. In Italian.
- Made for use in Italy
- Last updated October 14, 2026
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When to use this document
- You work as a live-in carer for a family in Italy and want to leave the job.
- You clean for a family in Italy, have found another job and need to tell them in writing.
- The elderly person you look after is moving into a care home and you want to end your job with the family.
- You need a resignation letter for household staff because the online procedure does not apply to you.
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The details the document asks for.
- Employee
- Employee's address
- Employee's codice fiscale (Italian tax code)
- How the letter is sent (printed above the recipient)
- Employer
- Employer's postal address (street and number, postcode and town on separate lines)
- City
- Date
- Date of hiring
- Position
- Notice period
- Last day
Common questions
- Do household staff in Italy have to resign online?
- No. Domestic work is excluded from Italy's online resignation procedure (art. 26 of Legislative Decree 151/2015): a written letter to the employing family is enough. It is best handed over with the copy signed and dated, or sent by registered post with proof of receipt, to prove the date from which notice runs. The employer then reports the end of the job to INPS.
- How much notice must household staff give when resigning in Italy?
- The notice set by the collective agreement for domestic work, which depends on length of service with the family, weekly hours and living in, and is half the notice due on dismissal; the days are calendar days. If the notice is not respected, the employer may keep back from the final pay an indemnity equal to the pay for the missing days (art. 2118 of the Italian Civil Code). Unions and domestic employers' associations publish the agreement's tables free of charge.
- Is a carer who resigns in Italy entitled to NASpI unemployment benefit?
- As a rule, no: NASpI is for those who lose their job involuntarily, and voluntary resignation rules it out. The exception is resignation for just cause, for example over unpaid wages, which also allows leaving without notice (art. 2119 of the Italian Civil Code). NASpI is claimed online from INPS, also through a patronato, free of charge.
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