The Parliament has approved the decree reintroducing four national holidays, thus changing the Labour Code...

The Parliament has approved the decree reintroducing four national holidays, thus changing the Labour Code. br>br>The approved changes come into force the day after the publication of the act.

Thus, the Portuguese can now again have the following national holidays:
- Corpus Christi, which in 2016 will fall on the 26th of May;
- Proclamation of the Republic on the 5th of October;
- All Saints' Day, on the 1st of November;
- Restoration of Independence, on the 1st of December.

​With this redesign, the statutory holidays provided for in the Labour Code are now 13:

January 1st, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, April 25th, May 1st, Corpus Christi, June 10th, August 15th, October 5th, November 1st, and December 1st, 8th and 25th. br>Through specific legislation, certain statutory holidays can be observed on Monday of the following week.