Covid-19. Ombudsman’s suggestion to allow self-employed workers and members of statutory bodies access to support for previous months was welcomed

25 Sep, 2020 0Comments

The Ombudsman welcomes the exceptional time given to self-employed workers and members of statutory bodies to submit applications for support to reduce activity in relation to previous months, according to a report published by Social Security on its institutional website.   This possibility welcomed the suggestion that, on 22/06/2020, the Ombudsman addressed to the Secretary of State for Social Security,…

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Campaign: “Better justice for children in situations of domestic violence”.

16 Sep, 2020 0Comments

The Ombudsman joins in the dissemination of the IJCC- Improving Justice in Child Contac European campaign "Better justice for children in situations of domestic violence" promoted in Portugal by CESIS- Centro de Estudos para a Intervenção Social and UMAR – União de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta. Following this work, two short animated films were made, respectively aimed at children and…

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Compensation process for the family of Ihor Homeniuk

10 Dec, 2020 0Comments

The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, will conduct the process with maximum speed to present a proposal for compensation to the family of the Ukrainian citizen Ihor Homeniuk. The Ombudsman’s intervention follows the Resolution of the Council of Ministers approved today, in which the State assumes responsibility for paying compensation to the family of Ihor Homeniuk, who died on 12 March…

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Ombudsman requires verification of the constitutionality of the rule that exempts tenants in shopping centers from minimum rent

27 Nov, 2020 0Comments

The Ombudsman requested the Constitutional Court to abstractly review the constitutionality of the norm contained in no. 5 of article 168-A of Law no. 2/2020, of 31 March, that approved the State Budget for 2020, as amended by Law no. 27-A/2020, of 24 July, that approved the Supplementary State Budget, because it understood that this norm contains unconstitutional restrictions on…

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Ombudsman recommends banning television competitions that use telephone numbers at extra cost

12 Nov, 2020 0Comments

The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, addressed a set of recommendations to the Secretary of State for Consumer Protection, with a view to protecting the rights of consumers, particularly the most vulnerable, in the context of television competitions which call for more expensive telephone calls.  In accordance with Article 38 of his Statute, the Ombudsman’s recommendations are addressed to the body…

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Tax executions. Ombudsman recommends far-reaching changes after inspections of Social Security Executive Proceedings Sections highlight practices that undermine citizens’ rights

28 Oct, 2020 0Comments

Following inspections, which confirmed irregular practices that harm citizens’ rights, the Ombudsman sent to the management of Social Security institutes and to the government a set of recommendations aimed at correcting such practices, as well as improving the methods and working conditions in these services responsible for the execution of forced collection processes for debts to Social Security. Motivated by…

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Covid-19. Ombudsman welcomes new measures to support the self-employed but warns that in several situations they remain unprotected

19 May, 2020 0Comments

The Ombudsman notes as positive the changes introduced by Decree-Law no. 20-C/2020, of May 7, to Decree-Law no. 10-A/2020, of March 13, in order to strengthen support for self-employed workers and members of statutory bodies of legal entities in the current economic and financial climate caused by the epidemiological outbreak that the country and the world are facing, but points…

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Ombudsman calls for urgent changes to prevent seizures of pensions in excess of the amount allowed by law

16 Nov, 2020 0Comments

The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, sent a recommendation to the President of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Social Security (ISS), urging the urgent implementation of a mechanism to ensure the automatic adjustment of the value of pension attachments to successive updates of the National Minimum Wage (SMN) so as to respect, in the event of attachment, the…

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Covid-19. NPM resumes monitoring activity of places where people are deprived of their liberty

23 Oct, 2020 0Comments

  The National Prevention Mechanism (NPM) decided to gradually resume monitoring visits to areas where people are deprived of their liberty, after the suspension of face-to-face activity decided in March following the OVID-19 pandemic, in line with the guidelines of the Directorate General for Health (DGS, in Portuguese) and the option of other international NPMs. During this month of October,…

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