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Telework: New rules kick in on eve of lockdown week

&amp;NewLine;<p>In accordance with the December 1st directive, the new rules come into force on January 1, 2022, just before the mandatory week of confinement during which teleworking is compulsory;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">New rules to come into force on eve of lockdown week<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The decree-law introducing changes to the teleworking regime was published this Monday in the Diário da República and comes into force on January 1, 2022&amp;comma; just before the contention week&amp;comma; during which teleworking will be mandatory&amp;period;&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Telecommuting&amp;comma; is now recommended&amp;comma; and will be mandatory between January 2 and 9&amp;comma; the week of "... <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;portobeautiful&period;com&sol;covid-19-au-portugal-passe-en-etat-de-calamite&sol;" data-type&equals;"url" data-id&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;portobeautiful&period;com&sol;covid-19-au-portugal-passe-en-etat-de-calamite&sol;">limitation of <&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;portobeautiful&period;com&sol;covid-19-au-portugal-passe-en-etat-de-calamite&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" data-type&equals;"url" data-id&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;portobeautiful&period;com&sol;covid-19-au-portugal-passe-en-etat-de-calamite&sol;" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">contact<&sol;a> The government has imposed a "post-Christmas and end-of-year" holiday&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">What&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;s going to change&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;<&sol;h3>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;guides-expatriation-au-portugal&sol;"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;09&sol;guide-expatriation-portugal-2022&period;webp" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-8346" width&equals;"nan" height&equals;"nan"&sol;><&sol;a><&sol;figure>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Among the changes&amp;comma; is the extension of teleworking to parents of&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;children up to the age of eight&amp;lpar;from the current three years&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; without the need for an agreement with the&amp;&amp;num;8217&amp;semi;employer&amp;comma; provided that&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;it is exercised by both parents&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The measure also applies to single-parent families, or to cases where only one of the parents&amp;comma; demonstrably&amp;comma; meets the conditions for teleworking&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p><strong>However, this measure excludes <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;produit&sol;guide-entrepreneur-freelance-au-portugal&sol;" data-type&equals;"product" data-id&equals;"4359">micro-companies<&sol;a>&amp;comma; i.e. companies with fewer than ten employees&amp;period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Similarly&amp;comma; workers with non-principal caregiver status now have the right to perform duties via telework&amp;comma; for a maximum period of four consecutive or intervening years&amp;comma; but the&amp;&amp;num;8217&amp;semi;employer may refuse the request on the grounds of "imperative requirements" of the&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;company&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>According to the amendments approved&amp;comma; teleworking still depends&amp;comma; in most cases&amp;comma; on the&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;agreement between the&amp;&amp;num;8217&amp;semi;employee and the&amp;&amp;num;8217&amp;semi;employer&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;

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