Mandatory remote working expected to end on 17 May
Remote working may no longer be mandatory across the entire continental territory of Portugal as of 17 May.
According to specialists in labour legislation, as of 17 May, if nothing changes by then, the remote working rules will no longer be in force under the current state of calamity and the rules of Decree-Law 79-A / 2020 will become valid, a diploma which was applied last year and earlier this year, which has now been extended by the Government until 31 December.
"As of May 17, Decree-Law 79-A will come into force again, since it has not been derogated until now", labour lawyer Pedro da Quitéria Faria, from Antas da Cunha ECIJA, told Lusa.