The entry into force of the Statute of the Informal Caregiver and the subsequent amendment to the Labour Code have recognized the rights and duties of non-mainstream informal caregivers.

It follows from this legal regime that companies must identify and create the conditions for the application of the Statute, recognizing the social role of their employees as informal carers and, within the scope of internal social responsibility policies, supporting the exercise of the functions of family helpers and the reconciliation of work and family in this area.

Trainer: Paula Guimarães.

Jurist, coordinator of ORSIES, the Relational Health project and the GOVINT Project for Informal Caregivers.

She is an association leader, trainer, promoter of the Oliveira Guimarães House-Museum and lecturer in postgraduate and master's courses in the areas of sustainability, social economy and ageing.

She was Vice-President of the IRS, Director of the Montepio Foundation, Non-Executive Director of the Montepio Residences and Director of the Member Ombudsman of the Montepio Mutual Association, President of GRACE, President of the Inclusive Entity Jury, member of the jury for the Caixa Social Prize and the Gulbenkian Prize, member of the National Councils for Mental Health, for the Social Employment Market and for Senior Citizens Policy.