Publications - Labor and Employment
State Budget for 2019 - Employment and Social Security matters
The State Budget for 2019 was published. Please find below the major changes on employment and Social Security matters:
New amendments introduced to early retirement legal framework
Decree-Law no. 119/2018, of December 27, was published in the Official Gazette, amending the legal framework for early retirements, namely easing the possibility of early retirement to beneficiaries with longer careers, reducing the age upon which…
Minimum monthly wage for 2019
It was published today in the official gazette the Decree-Law no. 117/2018, of December 27, ruling the increase of the minimum monthly wage to € 600,00, with effects from January 1, 2019, onwards.
Published the administrative agreement with proceedings to be observed on Social Security matters between Portugal and Cape Verde
It was published today in the Official Gazette Notice no. 135/2018, with the Administrative Agreement executed between Portugal and Cape Verde, related to Convention on Social Security executed between the Portuguese Republic and the Republic of…
New Decree-law gives Companies the possibility to contribute to the Retirement Certificate Fund on behalf of their employees
Decree-Law no. 82/2018, 16th October was published in the official gazette, making possible that employers contribute to the Retirement Certificate Fund (“Fundo de Certificados de Reforma”) on behalf of their employees,…
Early retirement pension free of cuts for long careers, initiated until the age of 16
Decree-Law no. 73/2018, of October 17, was published in the Official Gazette, extending the scope of the special regime for early access to retirement pension to the beneficiaries of Social Security general system, or civil servants social…
Social Security Convention between Portugal and Mozambique – Administrative Agreement
It was published today in the Official Gazette Notice no. 94/2018, with the Administrative Agreement executed between Portugal and Mozambique, related to Convention on Social Security executed between the Portuguese Republic and the…
On 29 July new European rules enter into force regarding posting of workers in the EU
On July 29, 2018, will enter into force the Directive (EU) 2018/957, of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 28 June 2018, amending Directive 96/71/EC, regarding the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of…
Amendments introduced to maritime work
It was published in the Official Gazette Law no. 29/2018, of July 16, transforming into national law Directive (UE) 2015/1794 of th European Parliament and of the Council, of October 6, 2015, and introducing amendments to seafarers’…
Social Security Convention between Portugal and the Philippines – Administrative Agreement
It was published today in the Official Gazette the Notice no. 84/2018 with the Administrative Agreement executed between Portugal and The Philippines, related to Convention on Social Security executed between the Portuguese Republic…
Amendments to social protection legal framework for unemployment, illness and parenthood
The Decree-law 53/2018, of July 2, 2018, entered into force and introduced several amendments in the legal framework for social protection in the event of unemployment, illness and parenthood.
Disconnecting from work, an issue that should be regulated