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Editorial note

The impact of the EU economic governance in Portugal

This article discusses the main changes introduced to the Portuguese labour market following the adoption of the Memorandum of Understanding of 2011. The intent behind the Memorandum's demands was to reduce the costs related to employment contracts, to expand both internal and external flexibility, and to relaunch collective bargaining under a new and more decentralised framework. However, several measures ende...

Women, business and the law 2022

Women, Business and the Law 2022 is the eighth in a series of annual studies measuring progress toward gender equality in 190 economies by examining the laws and regulations that affect women’s economic opportunity. The project presents eight indicators structured around women’s interactions with the law as they move through their lives and careers: Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneursh...

The new regulation of telework and remote work in Portugal: considerations and ...

COVID-19 led to an extraordinary increase in both telework and remote work, exposing some of the fragilities and loopholes of the Portuguese applicable regulation and leading the Portuguese Parliament to approve a new law on teleworking in the form of an amendment to the Labour Code aimed at extending the protection of teleworkers. This paper intends to analyse this new regulation implemented by Law No. 83/2021...

O Pilar Europeu do Direitos Sociais, a nova diretiva sobre conciliação e o seu ...

O papel da UE na defesa dos direitos sociais em tempo de crise mostrou-se dececionante, tendo sido tal proteção assumida, no âmbito do Conselho da Europa, pela Carta Social Europeia e pelo Comité Europeu dos Direitos Sociais. A procura de convergência em matéria social ocorreu com a aprovação do Pilar Europeu de Direitos Sociais. Apesar do ceticismo com que o Pilar foi encarado, acabou por conduzir, com surpree...

Women, business and the law 2021

Women, Business and the Law 2021 is the seventh in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and regulations that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies. The project presents eight indicators structured around women’s interactions with the law as they move through their lives and careers: Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension. This year’s report ...

Novos desafios da parentalidade

Women, business and the law 2020

Women, Business and the Law 2020, the sixth edition in a series, analyzes laws and regulations affecting women’s economic inclusion in 190 economies. The Women, Business and the Law Index, composed by eight indicators structured around women’s interactions with the law as they begin, progress through and end their careers, aligns different areas of the law with the economic decisions women make at various stage...

Reconciling professional and family life for promoting gender equality in Portu...

Directive (EU) 2019/1158 on work-life balance for parents and carers is one of the first initiatives aimed at promoting the European Pillar of Social Rights and has the merit of unequivocally formalizing the link between reconciliation of work and family life and equality between men and women with regard to labour market opportunities and treatment at work. In this paper, we will highlight some of the most rel...

Concilier vie professionnelle et vie familiale pour promouvoir l’égalité entre ...

Directive (EU) 2019/1158 on work-life balance for parents and carers is one of the first initiatives aimed at promoting the European Pillar of Social Rights and has the merit of unequivocally formalizing the link between reconciliation of work and family life and equality between men and women with regard to labour market opportunities and treatment at work. In this paper, we will highlight some of the most rel...