“Yes, the answer is affirmative. Indeed, whenever it is compatible with the nature of the activity undertaken, businesses may close, fully or partially, for workers’ holidays, in the following situations:
a) up to fifteen consecutive days between May 1 and October 31;
b) for a period exceeding fifteen consecutive days or outside the period mentioned in the previous point, when established in a collective bargaining agreement or with a favorable opinion from the workers’ committee;
c) for a period exceeding fifteen consecutive days, between May 1 and October 31, when the nature of the activity requires it.
In addition to the aforementioned cases, businesses may close, fully or partially, for workers’ holidays, during five consecutive working days over the Christmas school holidays and also on a day between a public holiday that falls on a Tuesday or Thursday and the weekly rest day, all as stipulated in Article 242 of the Labor Code.”
‘Work and Taxes (Un)complicated’ is a column by Notícias ao Minuto, authored by Dantas Rodrigues, covering topics related to work, personal finance, and taxes. This is the edition for Friday, June 27.
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Dantas Rodrigues has been a lawyer since 1993 and is a partner at Dantas Rodrigues & Associados. He has also been a professor of Law in Higher Polytechnic Education since 1995.
