Portuguese will be able to obtain from Monday a work stoppage of up to three days, on a simple "self-declaration" of illness via the Internet or telephone. This provision is part of a package of measures "for dignified work" adopted in February by Parliament to improve the working conditions of employees.
The measure will not involve any cost for the State or the employer, since the maximum duration of the stoppage corresponds to the waiting period during which the employee is not paid by Social Security.