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Body temperature measurement of employees<\/h1>\n

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21st of May, 2020<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The Ministry of Labor said at the end of April that the measurement of body temperature by companies to workers \"was not unfeasible\"<\/a>, ignoring the positions of both the National Data Protection Commission<\/a>, which received several complaints against companies, and the Bar Association<\/a>, which denounced the \"illegitimacy\" of the measure.<\/p>\n

As it had promised it would do, the Government came to clarify the situation through legislation, publishing in the Di\u00e1rio da Rep\u00fablica Decree-Law 20\/2020<\/a> of 01 May, which authorized, from 02.05.2020, this temperature measurement in companies.<\/p>\n

However, the decree-law warns that the measurement can only be carried out \"exclusively for reasons of health protection of the self [trabalhador] and third parties\".<\/p>\n

The document also reads that it is \"expressly prohibited\" to record body temperature associated with the worker's identity, \"unless with express authorization from the same\".<\/p>\n

Finally, the Government establishes that, in the event of a fever detection, the employer is allowed to \"prevent the person's access to the workplace\".<\/p>\n

You can consult the diploma in question here<\/a> (Article 13 C of the Decree Law).<\/p>\n

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