The Portuguese Budget Bill for 2017 maintains the payment of 50% of holiday and Christmas bonuses in twelfths, while the other half of the amount is to be paid until December 15, 2017, in case of Christmas allowance, or at the start of the holidays, regarding holiday bonus. Although the Budget Bill for 2016 had eliminated this regime, in 2017 the Government decided to restore the Law which entered into force in 2013 and had foreseen the payment in twelfths.