The contract workers who regularly work in Portuguese public hospitals are resisting the signing of employment contracts. A decree-law on service provision required hospitals to hire these professionals within a three-month period.
The deadline for regularization ends on the 30th. However, the contract doctors are postponing the decision to sign the contracts, awaiting the publication of an ordinance that defines the values and conditions.
The Government's delay in defining the values is creating difficulties for hospitals, which need to guarantee these professionals to keep health services functioning. The contract workers are workers who provide occasional services to health units.
