Factsheet for measure
PT-2017-29/2594
– measures in Portugal
Flexible working time
Banco de Horas
Background information
The collective agreement executed by the Association of Construction and Public Works Companies (Associação de Empresas de Construção e Obras Públicas e Serviços e outras, AECOPS), the Federation of Trade Unions of Industry and Service sectors (Federação dos Sindicatos da Indústria e Serviços - FETESE) and other worker organisations on 15 July 2017, then revised in 2021, stipulates the 'time bank' (banco de horas).
In May 2023 an Extension Ordinance was published (Ordinance 136/2023 of 18 May) and the collective agreement is extended to all employers not affiliated to the granting employers' association and workers in their service, in the professions and professional categories provided for in the agreement, who are not represented by the granting trade union associations (in the same geographical area and sector of activity).
Content of measure
The time bank enables the worker to accumulate extra hours (overtime) outside his/her normal working hours and results in a written agreement between the employer and the worker. The need for additional work should be communicated by the employer to the worker at least five days in advance in writing, except if differently agreed or in cases of force majeure duly justified. The normal working hours may be increased up to two hours daily and 50 hours weekly, with the limit of 180 hours per year. The compensation for the extra work performed is made by an equivalent reduction of working time, to be utilised in the same calendar year. The employee may refuse the request due to force majeure, duly justified.
The time bank was revoked in the Labour Code (Law 93/2019 of 4 September), remaining in force by the application of collective agreements.
Covers the natural or legal entities in the national territory engaged in civil construction activity,
Use of measure
According to the Ordinance 236/2023 of 18 May, 32,811 full-time workers were directly and indirectly covered by the collective agreement, excluding practitioners and apprentices: 9.7% are women and 90.3% are men.
Target groups
Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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National government
Trade unions
Employers' organisations
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No special funding required
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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Unknown
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Main level of involvement: Unknown
Involvement
Unknown
Views and reactions
Unknown
Sources
