Service Provided Enrollment Voluntary enrollment
     
 

Voluntary enrollment

  
  Workers recruited under the terms of employment of Commission of service("Comissão de serviço"), "Contrato administrativo de provimento" or "Contrato individual de trabalho" may choose whether to enroll in the Provident Fund Scheme, but not applicable to those workers mentioned in Paragraph 2 of Article 3 of the Law no. 8/2006.  
     
  Application period  
  Written application should be submitted within 30 days from the date of initiation of employment or the date of renewal of Commission of service or of contract.  
     
  Application procedure and documents required  
  The applicant should submit the written form (Model no. RP-1) provided by the Pension Fund to the respective public service department responsible for his/her payroll, within the application period prescribed.  
 

The form can be obtained from the respective department, or downloaded from the Forms Download.

  
  Time needed  
  The process of enrollment will be completed within 5 working days counted from the following day after submission of all necessary documents. (Performance Pledge)  
   
  Remark  
 
The date of the applicant’s initiation of employment, or the date of renewal of Commission of service or of contract, shall be regarded as the date of enrollment in the Provident Fund Scheme and the starting date of contributing to the scheme.
 
     
  Relevant laws & regulations  
 
1) Paragraphs 2 & 3 of Article 4 of the Law no. 8/2006 "The Provident Fund Scheme for Workers in the Public Services";
2) Law no. 12/2015 - "Regime do Contrato de Trabalho nos Serviços Públicos".
 
     
  Department in charge  
  Division of Contributors Support for the Provident Fund Scheme  
     
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