The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, today unveiled the Decree on the Decent Work Agenda, approved by the Parliament on 10 February, despite expressing doubts about the consequences of some of the decisions.
In a note published by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Souza, points out that some of the decree’s decisions “may have the opposite effect on the labor market as intended”, but justifies the adoption “by an overwhelming majority”. “, which approved the diploma and the “numerous positive aspects” contained in it.
The head of state also believes that the approved decree “in some respects” deviates from the agreement signed with the social partners.
The green light is justified by “the numerous positive aspects of the diploma, and also by the fact that it had the viability of an overwhelming majority of Parliament, voting in favor or abstaining, namely the largest opposition party.”
At the same time that the note was posted on the website of the Presidium, Marcelo announced the disclosure in statements to RTP at the door of the Lisbon airport, from where he will travel to the Dominican Republic to make an official visit and take part in the Ibero. -American summit on Friday and Saturday.
“I have just accepted a degree that has also caused a lot of controversy, called the Decent Work Agenda”, namely because “in some points it deviates from the social consultation agreement” made with the bosses and with the UGT and “because some measures are more controversial than others.”
“I adopted it for two main reasons: because there are other measures that are important for the workers, and, secondly, because the Assembly, when it voted, voted with the PS in favor, but with an overwhelming majority of the right opposition abstained. , namely the PSD,” he said.
Marcelo clarified that the sum of votes for and abstentions in the approval of the Decent Work Agenda in Parliament resulted in a “cruel majority” and therefore the President of the Republic should not reject the decree.
The Labor Amendments to the Decent Work Agenda were approved on 10 February in the Assembly of the Republic, with only PS voting in favour, PSD, Chega, PAN and Livre abstaining and BE, PCP and IL voting against.
Among the changes envisaged in the Agenda is the extension of remote work to parents with children with disabilities, chronic diseases or oncological diseases, regardless of age, as well as the establishment in the contract of the value of additional costs in this mode, the remaining ones need to determine the tax exemption threshold for these expenses.
It also provides for up to three days of sick leave requests through the National Health Service Digital Service (SNS24) with a limit of twice a year, as well as an excess of mandatory paternity leave. current 20 business days for 28 consecutive or interpolated days.
The new legislation also specifies that collective redundancy and termination compensation will be increased from the current 12 days of base salary and seniority per year to 14 days per year from the date the law comes into force (non-retroactive) and compensation. to terminate fixed-term contracts from the current 18 days to 24 days.
With regard to digital platforms, the proposal provides for a presumption of uptime between the worker and the platform, which will be done directly from the outset with companies like Uber, Bolt or Glovo, rather than with intermediaries, but leaves the final decision to the binding courts.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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