Persons with temporary contracts are those who declare themselves as having a fixed term employment contract or a job which will terminate if certain objective criteria are met, such as completion of an assignment or return of the employee who was temporarily replaced. This can be contrasted with those in permanent or unlimited employment, for whom no fixed end date is foreseen.In the labour force survey, the distinction between full-time and part-time employment is left to the respondent, since working hours differ from one Member State to the next and between economic activities (fonte: Eurostat)