Publications - Labor and Employment
Portugal: New rules for teleworking and staggered working hours
It was published in the Official Gazette the Resolution of the Council of Ministers no 74-A/2021, June 7th, 2021, which, declared the state of calamity in mainland Portugal until 23:59 hours of June 27th, 2021 and stated the applicable rules.
Constitutional Court introduces limits to the trial period of 180 days
The Portuguese Labor Code reform of 2019 established a trial period of 180 days for open-ended employment contracts with employees seeking their first job and for long-term unemployed persons.
Portugal: New rules for teleworking regime
It was published in the Official Gazette the Resolution of the Council of Ministers no 70-B/2021, 4th July, which, among other measures, establishes new rules for teleworking regime, applicable from 14th July, 2021.
COVID-19: ERTE and MECUIDA Plan are extended until September 30, 2021
Following the V Social Dialogue Agreement reached between the Government, the labor union organizations UGT and CC.OO. and the employers’ associations CEOE and CEPYME, Royal Decree-law 11/2021, of May 27, on urgent measures for the defense of…
COVID-19: Portugal published a Decree-Law providing for an exceptional measure to compensate for the increase in the minimum monthly wage
The exceptional compensation measure is applicable, throughout Continental Portugal, to all employers, regardless of their legal form (as well as individuals with one or more employees), corresponding to a one-off cash subsidy paid by IAPMEI -…
Just published the procedures, conditions and terms of access to the New Incentive to the Activity’s Normalization and Simplified Support
It was published in the Official Gazette the Government Ordinance No. 102-A/2021, of May 14, which regulates the procedure, conditions and terms of access to the following benefits to be granted by the Institute of Employment and Vocational…
Portugal: Decree-Law amending the Regime for Support to Progressive Resumption is published
As the Government had already announced, with the publication of Decree-Law n.º 32/2021, May 12th, surgical amendments were made to Decree-Law n.º 46-A/2020, July 30th.
Nullity of collective dismissal and freedom of enterprise
Non-compliance with collective dismissal procedures can be sanctioned in various ways, but, in most cases, the execution of a judgment of nullity of a collective dismissal could not be carried out without violating the freedom of enterprise.
Labor Newsletter - May 2021
Can an algorithm decide a dismissal?
Post from Garrigues' Labor blog.
COVID-19: Calamity state and mandatory telework regime in all municipalities in Portugal
It was published in the Official Gazette the Resolution of the Council of Ministers no. 45-C/2021, in force since 00h00 of May 1st 2021, declaring the state of calamity in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Inter alia, we highlight…
European Employment Law Update 2021: Flexibility and teleworking
This edition of the European Employment Law Update is perhaps one of the most innovative editions that have been published in recent years. In fact, some of the regulations analyzed in this guide seemed impossible to apply just a few years ago.