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2018/33 Availability periods: working hours or rest periods? (PO)
Keywords Working time
Authors Dora Joana
DOI 10.5553/EELC/187791072018003003013
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Dora Joana
Dora Joana is a managing associate with SRS Advogados, Lisbon.

  • Abstract

      The Oporto Court of Appeal held that the employee’s availability 24 hours per day, 6 days per week, breaches the employee’s right to rest. However, such breach does not qualify the availability periods as overtime. The Court also found that the continuous use of a GPS system breached the employee’s right to privacy.

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