Portugal: the government turns its attention to interim employment

Law 28/2016 that affirms the battle against ‘modern forms of forced labor’ broadens the responsibility of user companies and contractor companies for labor law rules violations that are carried out by either interim employment agencies or by their sub-contractors. The government intends to go further by limiting to three the number of times an interim employment contract can be renewed.
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New responsibilities. The law 28/2016 affirms the battle against ‘modern forms of forced labor’. Article 2 of the law includes the subsidiary responsibility and liability of the user company and of its managers for cases when the interim employment agency is in breach of its social obligations vis-à-vis the workers. The responsibility extends to both what may be due to the interim worker as well as to any fines that may be levied on the interim employment agency. Previously a twelve-month...

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