Labor & Taxes
Did the company close due to bad weather and take a vacation day from you? 'They cannot. It is the employer who is preventing the work from being performed'
Labour law experts confirm that it is illegal for companies to force employees to use a vacation day when the business closes due to bad weather or government recommendations to avoid travel. Vacation days require mutual agreement and cannot be unilaterally imposed by an employer with 24 hours' notice; if the company chooses to close, it must bear the operational risk and continue to pay the worker.
Why it matters
If your employer closed due to the bad weather and deducted a vacation day from your balance, this is illegal; you can report the situation to the Autoridade para as Condições do Trabalho (ACT).CNN PortugalRead original ↗
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