Forty years after the publication of the Italian Law of 18 April 1962, no. 230 and after many decisions by the Italian Court of Cassation about it, the long way towards the deregulation of the fixed term contract in Italy seems to reach a destination.
In fact, since the law of 18 April 1962, no. 230, there has been a prohibition in Italy on the inclusion of final dates within an employment contract, with the exception of the cases absolutely listed in this legislative provision. However, after this initial prohibition, many legislative interventions introduced increasingly wide-ranging exceptions to the general rule consisting in the open ended employment contract.
In 1999, the European Union Council adopted the Directive no. 70, which implemented the agreement on the fixed term contracts of 18 March 1999 between the trade unions CES, CEEP and UNICE. This agreement and the European Directive 1999/70/CE provide general principles and minimum requirements regarding the fixed term
