Il saggio, con aggiunta di note e qualche aggiornamento, riprende la relazione al convegno su Lavoro volontariato dono, seconda edizione del Forum del dono, Università di Napoli Federico II, 7-8 ottobre 2015.
È destinato ad essere pubblicato in il Tetto e negli studi in onore di Mario Tedeschi.

The author analyses the voluntary work highlighting that after the Jobs Act (Law no. 183/2014 and legislative decrees of 2015), which tries to fight against the growing false voluntary, there is a risk of increasing the undeclared work or of shifting voluntary work towards the dependent work without rights. Criticizing the recent reform bills, the author suggests to clearly distinguish between the dependent work with protections adequate to the 'market' of the third sector and the genuine voluntary work that should be identified through appropriate certification systems.