The Confederação Empresarial de Portugal (CIP) has submitted to the Ombudsman and the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) legal opinions confirming the unconstitutionality of certain provisions of the recent amendments to the Labor Code.
“The CIP delegation, led by President Armindo Monteiro, handed over the legal opinions to the Ombudsman,” he said in a statement.
The opinions in question, prepared by constitutionalists Paulo Otero, Romano Martínez and Gonçalves da Silva, “uphold the unconstitutionality” of certain provisions of the recent amendments to the Labor Code.
The Confederation clarified that one of these norms is the prohibition for 12 months to resort to “outsourcing” (outsourcing) after collective dismissal or termination of work.
On the other hand, the CIP also disputes the termination of the ability for workers to forego loans upon termination of employment or at the end of a contract.
“CIP understands that these regulations represent an unwarranted attack on the autonomy of company management in Portugal. In addition to basic legal and constitutional issues, they penalize the performance of companies and put them at a level of inequality compared to their competitors.” he pointed out.
CIP represents over 150,000 companies through its association network, employing 1.8 million people and accounting for 71% of gross domestic product (GDP). Lucilia Gago.