Reduced workload for parents with children aged five and bellow

 Parents of children aged five or bellow will start toiling only 50% of the working period.

The measure is part of the new Presidential Decree on the Situation of Public Disaster, which should remain in effect until 30 September.

In light of the new Presidential Decree (nº 229/20) on the current social phase of the country, people with obesity also enjoy the same right to provide services only part of the normal working period, under the terms defined by the employer.

Meanwhile, citizens vulnerable to covid-19 infection remain subject to special protection, namely people aged 60 and over, pregnant women, and with chronic risk diseases (hypertensive, diabetic, cardiovascular and kidney patients).

The group of “chronic ones” also includes respiratory patients, oncology patients and those with sickle-cell anaemia, all of whom are exempt from face-to-face work, and must be submitted to the home work regime, according to the referred document.

"Regardless of what is foreseen, by agreement between the employer and the worker, schedules can be created that allow remote or safe work to be carried out", says the diploma signed by the President of the Republic, João Lourenço.

Subsequently, the document indicates that public services operate from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, with the presence of 50% of the workforce in the province of Luanda, and 75% in the rest of the country, with the integration of women with children up to 12 years old.

This schedule doesn’t covers port, airport and related services; customs delegations; defense and security bodies; health services; electronic communications; energy, water, solid waste collection and media that can operate with the entire workforce.

“Without prejudice to the provisions of a specific rule, administrative services in the private sector operate between 6am and 4pm, with the presence of 50% of the workforce in the country's capital, and 75% of the staff in the remaining provinces. ”, clarifies the decree.