What the law says in Portugal about rest, hours, breaks, night work and workers under 18, with the provision behind each figure, and what helloswap checks when a shift is planned, swapped or taken.
Each figure is the law's, with the number of its source. The last column says what helloswap does with a shift that breaks it.
| Rule | What the law says | In helloswap |
|---|---|---|
| Rest between two shifts | At least 11 hours in a row1 | Blocks the shift |
| Average working week | At most 48 hours a week on average over 4 months2 | Blocks the shift |
| Weekly rest | One day off a week, taken together with the daily rest: 35 hours in a row3 | Warning |
| Break | At least 60 minutes when the working day is longer than 5 hours4 | Warning |
| Night period | 22:00 to 07:005 | Definition |
| Night work | Someone who normally works at least 3 hours of the day in the night period is a night worker7 | Definition |
| Limit for night work | At most 8 hours on average in every twenty-four hours, over 7 days6 | Blocks the shift |
Someone who is under 18 on the day of the shift gets these figures. helloswap goes by the date of birth on the person's profile. An empty cell means the law has no figure there that this page can state.
| Rule | Under 15 | Age 15 | Ages 16–17 | In helloswap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rest between two shifts | 14 hours8 | 14 hours8 | 12 hours8 | Blocks the shift |
| Longest working day | 7 hours9 | 7 hours9 | 8 hours10 | Blocks the shift |
| Longest working week | 35 hours9 | 35 hours9 | 40 hours10 | Blocks the shift |
| No work between | 20:00 and 07:0011 | 20:00 and 07:0011 | 22:00 and 07:0012 | Blocks the shift |
| Weekly rest | 2 days off a week13 | 2 days off a week13 | 2 days off a week13 | Blocks the shift |
| Break | 60 minutes when the day is longer than 4 hours14 | 60 minutes when the day is longer than 4 hours14 | 60 minutes when the day is longer than 4.5 hours14 | Warning |
The law's figure is one thing, the check another. Where the two differ, it says so here.
The split is the product's own and the same for every company.
Nobody can override these, whether a manager plans the shift, someone takes it from the swap board or it is part of a swap.
The shift can still be saved. The warning names the rule and says why.
These are the figures a company in Portugal starts with, on every plan. On the Enterprise plan a company admin can change each of them in Settings, on the Compliance rules tab, to follow a collective agreement or a sector exception.
Every figure on this page carries the number of the provision it was read in. The links go to the official text.
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