Should you intend to apply for Student Worker status, you need to submit all the necessary documentation via the Aquila portal.

The legal framework for working students is part of the current Labour Law, under Decree Law n.º 7/2009, of the 12 ^th of February, under Chapter III of Law n.º 105/2009, of the 14 ^th of September, and of the Work Contracts regime for Public Employees, approved by Law n.º 59/2008, of the 11 ^th of September, which thus defends the status of such employees through the concession of benefits to ensure that they receive an education which is compatible with their condition. 

A Working Student  is defined as being a student who is studying for any Bachelor's or Masters degree at ISEG, whilst at the same time being in any of the following situations:

1) Permanently employed (in either the public or the private sector, irrespective of the type of contract);

2) Self-employed (Green Receipts or owners of their own company);

3) In professional training or temporary youth work experience which lasts for more than six months;

Note: the status of Working Student is also attributed to any students who finds themselves made redundant and is thus officially unemployed.

How to obtain this status

Online (by uploading the documents), via the Aquila portal:

  AQUILA →  STUDENTE → ACADEMIC SERVICES → APPLICATIONS

Deadlines

From  12th Setember Until 31st of October,2016  → Status valid for the 1 ^st and 2 ^nd Semesters

From 1st February Until  31st of March, 2017  → Status only valid for the 2 ^nd Semester

Documentation requerid:

1) Employee:

    a) Public sector:

• Proof of employment declaration, signed and authenticated with a dry seal or official stamp.

    b)  Private sector:

• Proof of employment declaration, signed and authenticated with a dry seal or official stamp;
• Payment conformity declaration from the Social Security.

2) Self-employed (Green Receipts or owners of their own company):

• Copy of the 'Start of Self-employment' from the Tax Authorities;
• Copy of the IRS tax declaration from the previous year;
• Payment conformity declaration from the Social Security. In the case of exemption from paying Social Security, a declaration of payment exemption from the respective Regional Social Security Office must be submitted.

3) In Professional Training:

• Declaration from the training entity, signed and authenticated with a dry seal or official stamp, indicating the start and finish date, as well as the relevant accreditation.

Benefits

Status valid for the 1st and 2nd Semesters → Eligibility to sit a maximum of four exams during the special examination period for Bachelors students, or two exams for Masters students, for course units that have been enrolled for the whole of the Academic Year;

Status just valid for the 2 ^nd Semester → Eligibility to sit a maximum of four exams during the special examination period for Bachelors students, or two exams for Masters students, for course units that have been enrolled in for just the 2 ^nd Semester;

- Working Student status can only be applied for within the deadlines stipulated above. Should a student start to work after the deadline for inclusion during both the 1 ^st and 2 ^nd Semesters, then they can still apply for the status, but in this case, it will only be applicable for the 2 ^nd Semester;

- The eligibility to sit a maximum of four exams during the special examination period for Bachelors students, or two exams for Masters students does not invalidate them from the obligation to carry out enrolment within the above-mentioned deadlines. Enrolment is carried out at the Undergraduate Office during the stipulated period. Further information on how to enrol for the special exam period (September) can be found here;

- Lose the legally-protected rights when they fail to pass two consecutive years, or three years with a gap of one year (subparagraph 2 of Article 95 of the Revised Labour Code, Law No. 7/2009, of the 12 ^th of February). To pass the year, the Working Student has to pass the exams of at least half of the subjects that they are enrolled for (rounded down, if necessary). After having lost the benefits described above, the Working Student can again be eligible for the benefits during the following year, as long as they make a requisition for them;

- The absence of any one of the pre-requisites listed above will result in being denied Working Student status: Decree-law Nº320-A/70 Law Nº116/97;

- The Employer's Declaration (emitted on company-headed writing paper) should include the following text:

DECLARATION

For the purpose of requesting Working Student status at the Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Universidade de Lisboa, I hereby declare that (student's full name) is an employee of this company, under the following conditions:

a) Type of employment contract

b) Start date of contract

c) End date of contract (if applicable)

d) Professional category

e) Weekly working hours

f) Social Security No.

This declaration is signed by (full name of the company representative, or its legal representative), holder of ID document No._____, valid until ___ / ___ /____ , with the role of (job title).

Date: ___ / ___ /____

(Stamp or dry seal of the company representative, or its legal representative)