{"id":23795,"date":"2014-05-15T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delucapartners.it\/news\/the-reform-of-fixed-term-contracts-is-now-law\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:29:09","slug":"the-reform-of-fixed-term-contracts-is-now-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delucapartners.it\/en\/insights\/normativa\/the-reform-of-fixed-term-contracts-is-now-law\/","title":{"rendered":"THE REFORM OF FIXED-TERM CONTRACTS IS NOW LAW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">The reform also introduces a new discipline to simplify and promote apprenticeship contracts. <br \/>\nThe Parliament has just approved Decree Law 34\/2014&nbsp; implementing a substantial reform of the discipline of short term contracts in Italy. <br \/>\nThe reform falls within the Government&#8217;s project aiming at introducing more flexibility in the labour market. <br \/>\nIn brief, fixed-term (and staff leasing) contracts no longer need to be based on a specific reason (e.g. season peacks) and may now be started at will. <br \/>\nFixed-term contracts may now be renewed up to 5 times for an overall maximum duration of 36 months. <br \/>\nFixed-term contracts may not exceed&nbsp; 20% of the workforce.&nbsp; <br \/>\nThe reform also introduces a new discipline to simplify and promote apprenticeship contracts.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reform also introduces a new discipline to simplify and promote apprenticeship contracts. 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