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