The reforms to the labor law, within the scope of the so-called decent work agenda, were published this Monday in the Diário da República, so most of them will only enter into force on May 1, and not in April, as it was the intention of the deputies who approved them in Parliament.
Thus, changes such as the increase in severance pay, limits on temporary hiring and outsourcing, prison sentences of up to three years or fines of up to 360 days for companies that do not declare workers, new rules for the trial period, the prohibition on waiving salary credits when a worker leaves the company outside of judicial agreements or the presumption of employment on digital platforms.
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Company discounts for the Labor Compensation Fund (FCT) also end and contributions to the Labor Compensation Guarantee Fund (FGCT) are suspended, in the amount of 1% of wages.
The new limits to the expiration of collective agreements come into force this Tuesday, to avoid a greater legal vacuum given that the suspension of the expiration of collective agreements ended on March 9.
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The intention of the Socialist deputies who approved the agenda in Parliament was for it to enter into force in April (and the expiration rules on March 10), but it will end up taking effect only in May by legislative means. The “agenda” was approved in Parliament on February 10 and took a few weeks to be sent to the President of the Republic, who promulgated it on March 22. The changes were only published this Monday in the Diário da República, and the diploma entered into force on the first day of the month following its publication, that is, May.
From sick leave to severance pay and temporary contracts: changes in the Labor Code as of April
Several changes in the “agenda” were highly criticized by the social partners, including the employers’ federations that met with the President of the Republic to try to stop the diploma. For the bosses there are norms “unconstitutional wounds and others that will seriously harm the competitiveness and the life of the companies of the various economic sectors.” Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa ended up giving the green light to the changes, not without warning the government —he argued, for example, that the approved decree deviates “in some aspects” from the agreement signed in the social consultation and enshrines “certain solutions that may eventually end up having, in the labor market, an effect contrary to that supposedly intended”.
Source: Observadora
