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PORTUGUESE SOCIAL SECURITY WILL PAY 100% DURING CONTAINMENT

&amp;NewLine;<p>Finally, some good news after <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;report-des-cotisations-sociales&sol;" class&equals;"rank-math-link">weeks of confinement<&sol;a>Portuguese social security will pay 100 percent of salaries&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>About a month ago&amp;comma; the mayor of the concelho de Ovar placed the entire Ovar area in isolation&amp;period; for over a month, citizens were forbidden to leave their homes&amp;comma; except to run errands or go to the doctor&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>For more than four weeks, employees were confined to their workplaces, unable to work, and consequently saw their salaries drop or even disappear, especially for self-employed entrepreneurs&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">After much debate&amp;comma; Portuguese social security to pay 100&amp;percnt; of wages <&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The news broke late yesterday, and if it's so positive, it's thanks above all to the mayor of Ovar, who fought for days to assert the interests of his citizens&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Social security guarantees that all workers residing in the municipality of Ovar who were unable to go to work due to the isolation, as well as those living outside the Ovar area who by definition could not work in their company, will receive <strong>100&amp;percnt; of salary<&sol;strong> paid by Portuguese social security corresponding to the period from March 17 to April 17&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The mayor of Ovar, Salvador Malheiro, has left on his <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;salvador&period;malheiro&sol;">Facebook account<&sol;a><&sol;strong> a message of public recognition&amp;comma; emphasizing that with this measure&amp;comma; "the Minister of Labor&amp;comma; Solidarity and Social Security has kept her word"&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;

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