New social aid for the self-employed in Portugal

&amp;NewLine;<p>As you no doubt know, deconfliction began on Monday&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;May 4 in Portugal&amp;comma; this first wave seems to have gone well&amp;period; As such we remind you that we mie a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;bureaux-vivre-au-portugal-consulting&sol;">procedure in place to receive you on our premises<&sol;a>&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Unfortunately, some trades still face major difficulties, and the Portuguese government has just introduced a new welfare scheme for the self-employed in Portugal, which is due to be voted on this Thursday at the Council of Ministers&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">New social aid for the self-employed in Portugal <&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>It's been around two months since the first plan to support businesses and the self-employed was launched in response to the Covid-19 pandemic&amp;comma; the executive is set to approve&amp;comma; this Thursday&amp;comma; new measures to strengthen social protection for the Portuguese &amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>To date&amp;comma; around 100,000 companies have already implemented lay-offs to avoid bankruptcy&amp;comma; many parents have applied to the social security system for exceptional assistance to keep their children at home for lack of school&amp;period; The government has decided to go ahead with an extension of the benefits granted to the self-employed&amp;comma; to managing partners and trabalhadores informais&amp;period; In addition, unemployment benefit is set to change&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>During the first year of business&amp;comma; self-employed workers are entitled to a social security exemption &amp;comma; for the time being, only those who have refused this tax advantage have so far&amp;comma; access to "&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;extraordinary&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;" support. In view of the impact of the pandemic on the national economy, this assistance will now be extended&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Extraordinary" support has been prepared for self-employed workers who have at least three months of consecutive billings or six months of billings in the last twelve months&amp;period; All self-employed workers who applied for the exemption from social security contributions&amp;comma; made available in the first year of business&amp;comma; were therefore excluded from support linked to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;portobeautiful&period;com&sol;covid-19-au-portugal-point-sur-la-situation&sol;">Covid-19<&sol;a>&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>However, the Minister of Labor, Ana Mendes Godinho, and the Prime Minister, António Costa, have already indicated that the government will vote in the Council of Ministers this Thursday on a law extending this aid to self-employed workers who are exempt from social security contributions. For the moment, no amount has been announced for this social aid for the self-employed in Portugal; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The terms and conditions have not been announced&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;