Working in Portugal - Kinds of employment
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EU Factsheets on finding, applying for and ending a job in Portuguese employment, including information on work hours, workers rights, leave allowances and the recognition of qualifications.
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The minimum age for working for an employer is 16. A young person can only enter
into a contract of employment, however, if they have completed compulsory
schooling. People of 18 years of age may enter into contracts of employment
without having completed compulsory schooling.
Types of contract of employment
- Contract of employment of indefinite duration: no time limit.
- Fixed-term contract of employment: duration limited in time. This type of
contract generally lasts for six months, though they may be shorter (in
situations provided for by law) or longer, up to a maximum of six years
(including renewals).
- Contract of employment of unspecified duration: lasts as long as necessary
to replace an absent employee or to complete an activity, project, work or
task the performance of which justifies the contract.
- Part-time contract of employment: corresponds to normal weekly working
hours equal to or less than 75% of the hours worked on a full-time basis in
comparable circumstances.
- Telework contract: provision of labour with legal dependence, usually not
on the employer’s premises, by means of information and communication
technologies.
Text last edited March 2008
Source: European Union
© European Communities, 1995-2009
Reproduction is authorised.
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