The Ministry of Labor and Social Policies has issued circular no. 9\/2023 to provide clarifications on the new provisions introduced by Decree-Law no. 48\/2023 (so-called “Labor Decree”).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this regard, the circular clarified that the maximum duration limit for fixed-term employment remains unchanged, i.e., twenty-four months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ministry also reiterated the possibility of freely extending the contract in the first 12 months and subsequently only in the presence of the so-called “causal” reasons, as provided for in collective agreements, and, until April 30, 2024, for technical, organizational, or production-related needs identified by the parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The same circular clarified that, for the purpose of reaching the maximum limit of twelve “non-causal” months, only employment contracts entered into from the 5th<\/sup> of May, 2023, the effective date of the Labor Decree, should be taken into account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fixed-term contracts that may have occurred between the same parties and entered into before this date, therefore, should not be counted towards the calculation of the 12 “non-causal” months; therefore, employers may freely resort to fixed-term employment contracts for an additional period of up to twelve months without the need to specify a reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you for following us, and stay tuned for the next update!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tag_mondaytip":[260],"cat_mondaytip":[277],"class_list":["post-6588","mondaytip","type-mondaytip","status-publish","hentry","tag_mondaytip-fixed-term-contracts","cat_mondaytip-legislation-and-practice"],"acf":{"youtube_author":"Andrea Di Nino","youtube_link":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/APMii9i8geA?feature=shared","youtube_img":"APMii9i8geA"},"yoast_head":"\n