Sick Leave

Your well-being is important to us, and we understand that sometimes you may need to take sick leave. To ensure a smooth process, we have the following policy in place:

  • Requires a medical certificate or self-declaration of illness.
  • Meal allowance is deducted during the sick leave period.
  • The absence is considered justified.
  • Please inform your team as soon as possible to avoid any confusion or disruption to your work;
  • It is paid by 25Friday for up to 6 working days (3+3) per year.
    • For up to 6 days per year, we will still pay you as if it were a working day if the absence is not recurring, chronic, or unjustified. However, we will not provide any meal or transport subsidies during this time. If you need more than 6 days per year, you will need to rely on Social Security and the normal sick leave process will apply (i.e., these days will be unpaid).
  • Record your sick leave hours directly in Hibob - PT - Leave - Sick.
  • Hibob will directly sync with Timeloom.

Where to allocate:

  • Hibob

Requirements:

  • Attach a medical certificate or self-declaration of illness (get it via the SNS 24 App in Portugal).

Ex: Not feeling well to work for 2 days

Option 1: Ask for a self-declaration certificate;

Option 2: Go to the doctor and bring a medical certificate

Types of sick-leave:

Self-declaration of illness

  • Is the option for the employee to take responsibility for justifying their absence from work due to illness.
  • This declaration justifies a maximum of 3 consecutive days of illness-related absence. This justified absence is not compensated by Social Security.

Medical leave certificate

  • Lasting more than 3 days issued by the National Health Service (SNS), at a public health center, is a document that certifies the illness or incapacity of the worker to perform their professional activity during a specific period.
  • The compensation for this justified absence is provided by Social Security counting from the 4th day of the sick leave (page 14 - Social Security Guide).

Medical leave certificate (from a private entity)

  • The absence is considered justified. This justified absence is not compensated by Social Security.

Please, note that the declaration to justify the absence should be sent as soon as possible, otherwise, you have up to 15 days to do it.

For any further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact the HR team.