Government proposal on labor law violates social agreement

The CIP – Employers' Confederation of Portugal considers that the proposal of the Government on the amendments of the labor legislation that will be voted on Wednesday in Parliament "violates frontally" some of the points of the agreement signed in the agreement social. of the CIP, one of the four employer confederations signatory of the agreement with the government in social dialogue, includes contributions sent to parliament as part of the public assessment of the proposal from the executive which will usually be voted Wednesday in plenary

The CIP requires that it be clarified that the bank of group hours will be "applied" and that it will be "applied" (and not only established), after consulting the workers and provided that 65% are in agreement, and it is also specified that this percentage is about

In addition to the calendar, the employers' confederation demands amendments to the articles relating to the termination and validity of collective agreements, underlining that in this respect "the violation"

The corrections proposed by the CIP "are essential for the full respect of the". agreement signed "on 18 June in s the social agreement between the employers' confederations and the UGT, reads the document

The Confederation of Commerce and Services of Portugal (CCP), which signed the agreement, declares that his opinion "only considers matters considered neglected [ao acordo]" or that have been "introduced beyond" or "the rules found to be unconstitutional. "

According to the CCP, the length of the probationary period, which will be extended from 90 days to 180 p young people looking for a first job and the long-term unemployed." the Government further provides that the duration of the probationary period shall be reduced or excluded, taking into account past contracts "for the same activity".

For the CCP, it should be noted that

the various amendments defended, the confederation chaired by Vieira Lopes suggests that in micro-enterprises, if the Authority of Working Conditions (ACT) does not designate in 10 days the agreement with the same employer and in the last two years. (19659002) In turn, the Confederation of Peasants of Portugal (CAP), in the opinion given to the parliament, is the date of the referendum with a view to the establishment of the bank of hours group, also criticizes the legal void on the consequences for micro- companies if, within 10 days, the ACT has not set the date of the referendum on the bank of hours.

and also that the standard that creates the additional rate for social security on companies that abuse fixed-term contracts is improved so as not to raise doubts about the companies' application.

In turn, the Portuguese Confederation of Tourism advocates, inter alia, an increase from three to five of the maximum number of renewals of fixed-term contracts, emphasizing that certain economic activities, such as tourism, "are characterized unpredictable labor requirements from "

With regard to the length of the probationary period, the CTP considers that" a period of only three months is clearly too short "for that the employer verifies "the capacity and the technical specificities of the worker for the year". the position for which he was hired. "

The agreement of the social agreement on labor legislation was signed on June 18 and between the government, the CIP, the CPC, the CAP, the CTP and the UGT, leaving aside the CGTP, considering that the document "perpetuates precariousness."

Several draft amendments to the Labor Code of the left in parliament were discussed and voted on July 6 and Wednesday will be the turn of the government's proposal The discussion in the specialty should take place after the parliamentary holiday in September.