Informative Note

Coronavirus: Update on the simplified layoff

31/03/2020

Decree-Law 10-G/2020 of 26 March was published in the official gazette Diário da República, 1st supplement, Series I of 26/03/2020. It repeals Ministerial Order 71-A/2020 of 15 March and makes substantial changes to the simplified lay-off rules.

The four exceptional support measures for employers affected by the COVID-19 outbreak are maintained with minor changes. They are:
 
1. Extraordinary support to maintain employment contracts;
2. Creation of an extraordinary training plan;
3. A temporary exemption from payment of the social security contributions payable by the employer; 
4. An extraordinary financial incentive to support the normalisation of the company’s activity; and
5. A ban on dismissals.
 

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