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The new world of work in Portugal

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and measures put in place in response, countries around the world – including Portugal – have adopted new innovations in the area of employment in a bid to keep their workers safe and productive. One such innovation is work from home or telework.

More than a year after the pandemic began, telework work has proven so effective, many believe it will become a fixture of our post-pandemic future. But remote work raises a host of legal and administrative challenges. This article – based on the 11 May 2021 webinar The Future is Now: The New World of Work in Portugal and hosted by legal experts Susana Afonso and Sara Chiappe Nolasco with CMS Portugal – explores the impact of telework in Portugal for both workers and companies.

Read the article, listen to the podcast and watch webinar recording on this topic below.

The Future is Now: The new world of work in Portugal

Podcast

Listen to the global CMS Employment podcast episode about the new world of work in Portugal.

The speakers are discussing the following:

  • Shift in the employment paradigm 
  • Impossibility of adopting teleworking regime
  • Rights and duties of teleworkers 
  • Portuguese Labour Code 
  • Teleworking Contract  
  • Work instruments 
  • Internal telework vs. external telework 
  • Safety and health 
  • Teleworking monitoring 
  • Digital nomads 
  • Right to disconnect 
  • Testing 

Language: English 
Speakers: Susana Afonso and Sara Chiappe Nolasco 

Webinar recording

The Future is Now: The new world of work in Portugal

Authors

Susana Afonso
Susana Afonso
Partner
Lawyer
Lisbon
Sara Chiappe Nolasco
Sara Chiappe Nolasco
Senior Associate
Lawyer
Lisbon
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