In Portugal the right for workers to disconnect will not be officially regulated. The Parliamentary Working Group on reforming the Labor Code has rejected several legislative proposals for framing the technological link between workers and companies. Although the draft firmly established the principle of rest for workers despite the use of digital tools, damaging effects from certain exceptions included in the text were deemed to be a threat to the respect for workers’ right to rest.
Portugal’s socialist parliamentarians clearly sought to secure the principle of disconnecting from work. However the draft law intended for exceptions, ‘in situations when company operating needs so demand’, with operational demands being defined by employers within their internal regulations. The other parties within the Working Group believed that the text could even call staff rest times into question. Two other proposals on disconnecting from work also rejected. One proposal intended for fi
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