포르투갈의 근로시간법제에 관한 연구

Portugal is located on the European side, relatively less known, but enacts and enforces extensive and detailed labor laws. Therefore, Portugal has a working hours law with a rich content. The characteristics of the Portuguese working hours legislation are as follows. First, the concept of working hour and the concept of break time are defined together to take an interactive regulation system. Second, it tries to make the meaning of working hour more substantive and clear by stipulating together various adjacent concepts related to working hour. Third, the cases of being included in working hour are listed specifically. Fourthly, the cases that are not included in overtime work are enumerated specifically, and the subjective requirements as well as the objective requirements are set as the allowance requirements for overtime work. Fifth, work on holidays or festival days is also recognized as overtime work. Sixth, the way to continue working without a day off is not postulated. Seventh, shift work is defined separately and night work is strictly regulated. Eighth, working hour account system is introduced and compensation for it is set up in various ways. Ninthly, the coverage of workers and the requirements for the exclusion of working hours are specified in detail. Tenth, relaxation is systematized as various kinds. Looking at the working hours legislation in Portugal and its actual situations, we are able to see that the importance of rest is layed under the various and detailed contents of the legislation, and that the ideology to protect workers from labor of many hours is practically implemented.