Luís Gonçalves da Silva clarifies that the legal list of minimum services “is not completely closed”
Luís Gonçalves da Silva, of counsel at Abreu Advogados, explained, in comments to Observador, that “there may be activities that are not included in the law and which aim to meet such needs”, referring to the definition of minimum services that may apply to the general strike on 11 December.
The minimum services currently provided for sectors such as transport, essential cargo and cash-in-transit security may also be applied to other activities whenever indispensable, since the legal list “is not completely closed”, the lawyer stressed.
The definition of minimum services favours agreement between trade unions and employers, although, in the absence of consensus, the decision may fall to the Government (in the private sector) or to arbitration tribunals (in the public sector). The draft labour-law reform also provides for an expansion of the sectors subject to these services, covering food supply, care for children, older people, patients and persons with disabilities, as well as private security for essential goods — changes which, however, will not apply to the upcoming general strike.
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