Rule reminder

Italian labour market vocabulary: 'il contratto a tempo indeterminato' (permanent contract); 'il contratto a tempo determinato' (fixed-term contract); 'la partita IVA' (self-employment VAT number used by freelancers); 'il lavoro in nero' (undeclared/cash-in-hand work); 'il licenziamento' (dismissal); 'le dimissioni' (resignation); 'il CCNL' (Contratto Collettivo Nazionale di Lavoro — national collective labour agreement). Italy's labour law is governed by the 'Statuto dei Lavoratori' (Workers' Statute).