The attached note gives a more legible version of the text below.
Temporary suspensions of the performance of the labor contract are regulated by articles.330-353 of the Portuguese Labor Code. The latter makes two fundamental distinctions: situations in which the labor contract is suspended on account of reasons connected to the employee (e.g. a temporary impossibility to perform the contract); and situations in which the labor contract is suspended for reasons connected to the employer. In the last situation, the Code places several duties upon the employer and provides for a coordination mechanism between the employer and the Social Security in order to ensure the maintenance of the remuneration of the employee. This study will focus on the latter and attempt to explain the conditions under which the employer may validly suspend the performance of the labor contract.
Suspension of the labor contract because of an entrepreneurial crisis.