Self-declaration of illness, which will allow up to three days of sick leave to be issued through SNS 24 without having to go to the doctor after all, will only come into force in May. Ricardo Mestre, Evora’s Secretary of State for Health, told JN that the measure had already been enacted by the President of the Republic and “will enter into force in May”.
The new rule that allows a person to make a self-declaration under a commitment of honor and can stop working for up to three days is enacted by the President of the Republic, it will be published in the coming days and will take effect in May, “Ricardo Mestre told the Minister of State for Health, JN, at the conclusion of the second congress. for Public States on Health – Protecting and Transforming the SNS”, organized by the Health Foundation, which took place on Saturday in Évora.
The authorization of short-term sick leave through SNS 24 is one of several measures contained in the new Agenda for Decent Work, recently approved by the Assembly of the Republic. Amendments to the Labor Code can only come into force in the month following their publication in the “Diário da República”, so this measure, which is seen as a way to reduce the workload of family doctors, can only come into force in May.
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