- General provisions
(Title I - art. 1-9) - The individual employment contract
(Title II - art. 10-107) - Working time and
rest period
(Title III - art. 108-153) - Remuneration
(Title IV - art. 154-170) - Health and safety
at work
(Title V - art. 171-187) - Vocational training
(Title VI - art. 188-213) - Social dialogue
(Title VII - art. 214-235) - Collective labour agreements
(Title VIII - art. 236-247) - Labour disputes
(Title IX - art. 248-253) - Labour Inspectorate
(Title X - art. 254-256) - Legal liability
(Title XI - art. 257-2801) - Labour jurisdiction
(Title XII - art. 281-291) - Final and transitional provisions
(Title XIII - art. 292-298)
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Art. 133. [rest period]
The rest period means any time that is not working time.
Art. 134. [lunch break and other breaks]
(1) Should the daily length of the working time exceed six hours, the employees shall have the right to a meal break and other breaks, under the terms provided for in the applicable collective labour agreement or in the rules of procedure. (2) The young people under the age of eighteen years shall enjoy a meal break of at least 30 minutes, should the daily length of the working time exceed four and a half hours. (3) Except for the contrary provisions in the applicable collective labour agreement and in the rules of procedure, the breaks shall not be included in the normal daily length of the working time.
Art. 135. [daily rest]
(1) The employees shall have the right, between two working days, to a rest period that may not be shorter than 12 consecutive hours. (2) By way of exception, in the case of shift work, that rest period between the shifts may not be shorter than eight hours.
Art. 136. [shift work]
(1) Shift work is any method to organize the work schedule, according to which the employees follow each other at the same workplace, according to a schedule, including a rotating schedule, of continuous or discontinuous type, requiring the employee to perform an activity within different time ranges in relation to a daily or weekly period, as established in the individual employment contract. (2) A shift employee is any employee whose work schedule is of the shift work schedule type. |
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