Portugal’s government has made its decision and by way of decree-law on 01 May 2020 (here), is authorizing the measurement of the workers’ body temperatures at company entrances. This decision was taken in the context of the coronavirus epidemic. The text provides for workers’ access to buildings be prohibited should temperature readings not comply with stated norms. The Commission for Data Protection had opposed the measure, considering it to be solely a matter for the occupational medical services. However, companies are to be banned from keeping data on body temperature readings.
Temperature taking in companies. Article 13º C of the Decree-Law of 01 May 2020, published in the Official Journal on 02 May 2020, allows Portuguese companies to monitor workers’ temperatures at the entrances to their premises. The text specifies ‘in the current Covid-19 context, and exclusively for reasons of worker and third party health protection.’ Paragraph 3 of Article 13-C provides for the prohibition of access to the establishment in the event of a ‘higher than normal temperature’.
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