Il contratto collettivo nazionale include le ferie retribuite.

Italian often uses the definite article where English would not. Il contratto collettivo nazionale refers to the national collective agreement/contract as a known category or official document, so the article il is natural here.

Also:

• il = masculine singular definite article
• It matches contratto, which is masculine singular

Both collettivo and nazionale describe contratto.

• contratto = contract/agreement
• collettivo = collective
• nazionale = national

So contratto collettivo nazionale is the standard Italian expression for a national collective labor agreement.

In Italian, adjectives usually come after the noun, unlike in English. That is why you get:

• contratto collettivo nazionale not
• collettivo nazionale contratto

Because the subject is Il contratto collettivo nazionale, which is third person singular.

The verb includere is conjugated here as:

• io includo = I include
• tu includi = you include
• lui/lei include = he/she/it includes

Since il contratto = it, the correct form is include.

In Italian, ferie is normally used in the plural when talking about annual leave or paid leave from work.

So:

• le ferie = leave / vacation days / annual leave

This is one of those nouns that are commonly plural in Italian even if English may use a singular or uncountable expression.

For workplace language:

• le ferie = annual leave, vacation days
• in ferie = on leave / on vacation

This is a very common question.

• ferie is usually used for time off work, especially in employment or legal contexts.
• vacanze is the more general word for holidays/vacation, often in everyday speech.

So in a sentence about contracts and employee rights, ferie is the right choice because it refers specifically to leave from work.

Because ferie is a feminine plural noun.

That means:

• the article must be le
• the adjective must also be feminine plural: retribuite

Agreement in Italian is very important:

• le ferie = feminine plural
• retribuite = feminine plural adjective

Everything matches.

Retribuite means paid or remunerated.

In this context, ferie retribuite means paid leave or paid vacation.

It comes from retribuire, meaning to pay/remunerate. Here it is functioning as an adjective agreeing with ferie.

Yes, you might hear pagate, and people would understand it. But ferie retribuite is more formal and more typical in legal, administrative, and employment contexts.

So:

• ferie retribuite = more formal, legal/HR language
• ferie pagate = more everyday and less technical

In a sentence about a national collective contract, retribuite sounds more natural.

Because include is a direct transitive verb here. It takes a direct object without a preposition.

So:

• Il contratto include le ferie retribuite. = The contract includes paid leave.

This is similar to English, where include also takes a direct object.

The pronoun can be omitted, but the noun subject itself usually would not be if you want to say exactly what includes the paid leave.

Italian is a pro-drop language, meaning subject pronouns are often omitted:

• Include le ferie retribuite could mean It includes paid leave

But without context, that sounds incomplete or unclear, because we do not know what it refers to. So keeping Il contratto collettivo nazionale makes the sentence clear and natural.

Yes, very much so. It is a standard expression in Italian labor law and employment language.

You may also see the abbreviation:

• CCNL = Contratto Collettivo Nazionale di Lavoro

This refers to the national collective labor agreement that regulates rights and conditions for workers in a sector.

Yes, but the original order is the most neutral and natural.

Standard order:

• Il contratto collettivo nazionale include le ferie retribuite.

You could move parts around for emphasis, for example:

• Le ferie retribuite sono incluse nel contratto collettivo nazionale.

That version means essentially the same thing, but it focuses more on paid leave rather than on the contract.

Because it describes contratto, which is singular.

Agreement works like this:

• contratto = masculine singular
• collettivo = masculine singular
• nazionale = singular form used with masculine singular here

If the noun were plural, the adjectives would also change:

• i contratti collettivi nazionali

A very natural translation in HR or legal English might be:

• The national collective agreement includes paid leave.
• The national collective labor agreement provides for paid vacation/annual leave.

Depending on context, include may also be translated more idiomatically as:

• covers
• provides for
• includes

It is pronounced roughly een-KLOO-deh.

A few pronunciation notes:

• in- sounds like een
• clu sounds like kloo
• de sounds like deh

The stress falls on clu: in-CLU-de.

Retribuite is an adjective modifying ferie.

So the structure is:

• le ferie = the leave / vacation days
• retribuite = paid

Together:

• le ferie retribuite = paid leave

It is not the main verb. The main verb of the sentence is include.