Detecting Bogus Self-Employment in Portugal’s Cultural Sector: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back?

Abstract

In 2021, Portugal approved the new Status of Professionals in the Cultural Sector (the “Status”) aimed at combating precariousness within a sector characterised by various specificities. One of its innovative tools was the establishment of a specific system for the supervision and regularisation of situations involving false provision of services, alongside a new presumption of an employment contract. This article seeks to analyse the significance of these monitoring tools and the impact of the amendments introduced for detecting and preventing false self-employment in the Cultural Sector.

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