The complaint was registered on 6 March 2020. It concerns Articles 1§§1 and 2 (the right to work), 4§§1 and 4 (the right to a fair remuneration), 5 (the right to organise), 6§4 (the right to bargain collectively), 24 (the right to protection in case of dismissal) read alone and E (non-discrimination) in conjunction with each of these provisions of the Revised European Social Charter. The complainant unions allege that teachers of Catholic religious education who have been working under fixed-term contracts for more than 36 months are discriminated in respect of other categories of teachers, with an equivalent length of service under fixed-term contracts, as regards access to indefinite duration contract through the recruitment competition procedure provided under Decree-Law No. 126 of 29 October 2019, converted by Law No. 159 of 20 December 2019, in violation of the above-mentioned provisions of the Charter..

 Case-document No. 1, Complaint registered on 6 March 2020

 Case-document No. 2, Observations by the Government on admissibility

 Case-document No. 3, Response by the complainant organisations to the Government's observations on admissibility

 Case-document No. 4, Further response by the Government on admissibility

 Case-document No. 5, Submissions by the Government on the merits

 Case-document No. 6, Response by the complainant organisations to the Government's submissions on the merits

 Case-document No. 7, Reply from the Government to the complainant organisations' response 

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 9 December 2020.

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint No. 192/2020