Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » National legislation » Portugal: simplified short-time working scheme and other business support measures adopted to tackle the coronavirus crisis Portugal: simplified short-time working scheme and other business support measures adopted to tackle the coronavirus crisis The new simplified regime enters into force on 16 March 2020 in order to deal with the coronavirus epidemic. The package of extraordinary measures adopted on 13 March also includes social protection measures for workers that have to stay at home to look after children as well as to protect the self-employed (using the so-called green receipts system) who are experiencing a drop in business volumes. Through . Published on 16 March 2020 Ă 16h42 - Update on 16 March 2020 Ă 17h23 Resources Simplified short-time working regime (lay off simplificado). The implementing decree for the new short-time working scheme that entered into force on Monday 16 March in Portugal is simplified. It presents a major change compared to what is provided for in the country’s labour code: the measure is treated as a reduction of working time to 0% and no longer as a termination of the employment contract. … Managing the fallout of Covid-19 Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialitĂ©.PhoneThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels
