State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 1384 – Duties of the employer – The employer is bound:- 1. To correct the workman, if he is a minor, as if he were his guardian; 2. To compensate the workman for all losses and damages which he suffers by fault of the employer; 3. To help the workman or provide him treatment at the cost of remuneration of the workman, if the employer does not want to do as a charity, when the workman falls sick, and the workman is unable to look after himself or when he has no family where he is serving, or does not have any other recourse.