title: Decree-Law No. 154/88, 29 April 1988.
abstract: This Decree-Law rationalizes and updates maternity and paternity leave regulations introduced in Portuguese Law No. 4/84 of 5 April 1984 and Decree-Law No. 136/85 of 3 May 1985.  The following are the major changes made by the Decree-Law: 1) the establishment of a six-month waiting period as an eligibility requirement, irrespective of the professional category of the recipient; 2) retroactive computation of the eligibility period from the time of the initial payment of the social security tax associated with other welfare benefits; 3) increase in the amount of the benefit for children requiring parental assistance during an illness to 65% of an index expressing a proportion of past contributions by individual recipients; 4) establishment of minimum benefits to be granted to casual workers or to workers with low incomes.  These minimum benefits equal 50% of the benefit for which full-time workers in any given occupational category are eligible.  In addition, the Decree-Law provides that workers on leave of absence with pay and current recipients of unemployment benefits are not eligible to receive maternity and paternity benefits dealt with by the Decree-Law.
mesh_terms: D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005060:Europe; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D005220:Fathers; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D010290:Parents; D011174:Portugal
keywords: Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Europe; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Fathers; Legislation; Maternity Benefits--legal aspects; Microeconomic Factors; Parents; Portugal; Southern Europe