Article 33 of Law 104/1992 regulates paid leave ‘for the assistance, social integration and rights of disabled persons’.

These permits consist in the possibility for public or private, full-time or part-time employees to be absent from work, while retaining the right to remuneration and figurative contribution coverage for pension purposes, in order to assist a disabled person in a situation of seriousness, who is not hospitalised on a full-time basis.

A ‘disability in a situation of seriousness’, pursuant to Article 3(3) of Law 104/1992, is defined as a single or multiple impairment that has reduced personal autonomy, related to age, in such a way as to require permanent, continuous and comprehensive assistance in the individual sphere or in the sphere of relationships.

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