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Factsheet for measure PT-2020-13/528 – measures in Portugal
Country | Portugal , applies nationwide |
Time period | Open ended, started on 23 March 2020 |
Context | COVID-19 |
Type | Other initiatives or policies |
Category |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace
– Occupational health and safety |
Author | Heloisa Perista and Maria da Paz Campos Lima (CESIS) and Eurofound |
Measure added | 13 April 2020 (updated 04 May 2020) |
Following the declaration of state of emergency in Portugal on 18 March 2020, by the Decree of the President of the Republic 14-A/2020, the Order 3547-A/2020 of 22 March 2020 regulates this declaration, ensuring the operation of the supply chains of essential public goods and services, as well as the respective operation conditions. This includes passengers transportation. Taken into consideration the pandemic prevention and control procedures, a safety distance among the users and between these and the workers, as well as special hygiene measures are adopted.
The companies Transtejo, S. A., Soflusa - Sociedade Fluvial de Transportes, S. A., Metropolitano de Lisboa, E. P. E., Metro do Porto, S. A., and Sociedade de Transportes Coletivos do Porto, S. A., and the concessionaire for operation of the service of light-rail metro system on the south bank of the Tagus must ensure, among other conditions:
In the transport by taxi and in the UBER and similar vehicles the access to the front seat must be restrained, ensuring air renovation inside the vehicles and the cleaning of the surfaces.
Not available
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
---|---|---|
Employees in standard employment
Self-employed The COVID-19 risk group at the workplace |
Does not apply to businesses | Does not apply to citizens |
Actors | Funding |
---|---|
National government
Company / Companies |
No special funding required
|
Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
---|---|---|
Role | No involvement | No involvement |
Form | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
N/A
Not available.
This case is sector-specific
Economic area | Sector (NACE level 2) |
---|---|
H - Transportation And Storage | H49 Land transport and transport via pipelines |
H50 Water transport |
This case is not occupation-specific.
Citation
Eurofound (2020), Occupational health and safety in the public transportation service, measure PT-2020-13/528 (measures in Portugal), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/PT-2020-13_528.html
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