The support to companies in Portugal is maintained

&amp;NewLine;<p>Companies with billing losses equal to or greater than 25 &amp;percnt; may continue to access recovery assistance until the end of the month in which there are pandemic&amp;period&amp;related activity restrictions; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">The support to companies in Portugal is maintained <&sol;h3>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The decree-law, which comes into force tomorrow (Saturday), supports companies in Portugal in the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;portugal-confine-aides-au-entreprise&sol;" data-type&equals;"post" data-id&equals;"7751">relaunch <&sol;a>progressive&amp;comma; measure created over&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;a year ago and scheduled to end in September 2021&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Regardless of the date on which the application for support is submitted, the employer can only benefit from this support up to the end of the month in which, by legislative or administrative decision from a government source, measures restricting economic activities are in force. This is how the decree-law is defined;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The restrictions include "rules concerning the hours of opening&amp;comma; the occupancy or capacity of establishments or events&amp;comma; as well as restrictions on the movement of people within the territory&amp;comma; or the conditioning of access for tourists from the main tourist issue markets&amp;comma; in the context of the pandemic"&amp;comma; the decree&amp;period reads; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The decree-law also establishes that the employer covered by the recovery aid "has the duty to maintain its activity in all establishments" except in cases where closure is imposed by the Government&amp;comma; in the context of the pandemic&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Recovery aid allows companies in difficulty due to the pandemic to reduce the working hours of their employees and&amp;comma; as the government had already announced&amp;comma; the law maintains the possibility for companies with billing losses equal to or greater than 75 &amp;percnt; to continue to reduce normal working hours up to 100 &amp;percnt;&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The government explains that this 100 &amp;percnt; reduction is available to all workers if businesses fall into the bar&amp;comma; nightclub&amp;comma; amusement park and&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;supply or&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;assembly of&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;events&amp;period sectors;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>For companies in other sectors of activity, the reduction in normal working hours is limited to 75% of workers, and companies must keep their establishments open at all times;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Companies accessing the support are now prevented from making redundancies in the 90 days following the end of the support &amp;lpar;compared with the previous 60 days&amp;rpar;&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The decree-law extending recovery support was approved by the Council of Ministers on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dre&period;pt&sol;web&sol;guest&sol;home&sol;-&sol;dre&sol;calendar&sol;normal&sol;i&quest;day&equals;2021-07-29&amp&semi;date&equals;2021-07-01">July 29<&sol;a> and promulgated on Thursday by the President of the Republic&amp;comma; Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;