Welfare State and globalisation
of the economic area
José João Abrantes
Luísa Pereira
Duarte Silva
Historical Overview:
• Liberal State, the Industrial Revolution and the
rise of capitalism (17th-19th century)
• Transition to a Welfare State (maxime, early
20th century): the development of Labour law.
Crisis in Portugal:
• Memorandum of Understanding, May 2011
• Commitment for Employment, Growth and
Competitiveness, January 2012.
• Law 23/2012, 25th June.
Law 23/2012, 25th June:
• Allows the implementation of an individual (art.208ºA) or collective (art.208º-B) bank of hours.
• Changes to the worktime breaks regime (art.213º)
• Elimination of 4 compulsory holidays (art.234º)
• Suppression of the possibility to get extra vacation
days for good attendance levels (art.238º)
• Reduction of the additional pay for overtime
(art.268º)
Law 23/2012, 25th June:
• Reduction of the additional pay for work during a
holiday (269º)
• Possibility of imposition of long weekends («dias de
ponte») (art.242º)
• Reduction of the severance payments for dismissals
based on objective grounds (art.366º)
• Flexibilization of the dismissals based on the
extinction of the work position (arts. 368º e ss.)
• Flexibilization of the dismissals based on unsuitability
(arts.374º e ss.)
Ac. 602/2013, Constitutional Court:
• Dismissals based on the extinction of work
position (art.368º/2,4)
• Dismissals based on unsuitability (art.375º)
• Declaration of unconstitutionality of nºs 2, 3
and 4, article 7º (validity of more favourable
dispositions of collective bargaining
agreements).
Bibliography:
• ABRANTES, José João – A Constituição e as reformas
laborais em curso, Congresso Europeu de Direito do
Trabalho, Almedina, Coimbra, 2014.
• FERNANDES, António Monteiro
– A “Reforma Laboral” de 2012: observações em
torno da Lei 23/2012, Revista da Ordem dos
Advogados, Ano 72, Abril/Setembro, 2012.
– Direito do Trabalho, 17.ª edição, Almedina,
Coimbra, 2014.
Bibliography:
• LEITÃO, Luís Menezes
– A Precariedade: Um novo paradigma laboral?, Congresso
Europeu de Direito do Trabalho, Almedina, Coimbra, 2014.
– Direito do Trabalho, 3.ª edição, Almedina, Coimbra, 2012.
• MARTINEZ, Pedro Romano
- Código do Trabalho Anotado, 9.ª edição, Almedina, Coimbra,
2012.
– Direito do Trabalho, 7.ª edição, Almedina, Coimbra, 2014.