Publications - Labor and Employment
Portugal: Exceptional regime of reorganization of the workplace and reactivation of the exceptional aid for family
It was published in Official Gazette the Council of Ministers’ Resolution no. 157/2021, which sets forth the state of calamity throughout mainland Portugal until 11:59 p.m. of March 20th,2022 and reinstates a regime of adaptation of the…
Portugal: Update of indexing reference for social support
It was published in the Official Gazette the Ordinance no. 294/2021, December 13th, setting the Indexing Reference for Social Support for the year of 2022 in € 443.20.
Increase of the minimum monthly wage € 705.00 and exceptional measure of compensation
It was published in the Official Gazette the Decree-Law no. 109-B/2021, December 7, which determines the increase of the minimum monthly wage to € 705.00, with effects from January 1st, 2022, onwards and creates an exceptional measure to…
Portuguese Government extends and amends company’s extraordinary aid for the progressive resumption of activity
Decree-Law no. 71-A/2021, of August 13 was published in the official gazette, amending the extraordinary aid for the progressive resumption of activity (hereinafter, “APRA”) established in Decree-Law no. 46-A/2020, of July 30…
COVID-19: Portugal new rules on telecommuting and on the operating hours of establishments
It was published in the Portuguese Official Gazette, the Council of Ministers’ Resolution no. 101-A/2021, of 30 July, which establishes the state of calamity throughout mainland Portugal until the 11:59 hours of the 31st of August 2021…
Portugal: New rules for teleworking and staggered working hours
It was published in the Official Gazette the Resolution of the Council of Ministers no 74-A/2021, June 7th, 2021, which, declared the state of calamity in mainland Portugal until 23:59 hours of June 27th, 2021 and stated the applicable rules.
Constitutional Court introduces limits to the trial period of 180 days
The Portuguese Labor Code reform of 2019 established a trial period of 180 days for open-ended employment contracts with employees seeking their first job and for long-term unemployed persons.
Portugal: New rules for teleworking regime
It was published in the Official Gazette the Resolution of the Council of Ministers no 70-B/2021, 4th July, which, among other measures, establishes new rules for teleworking regime, applicable from 14th July, 2021.
COVID-19: Portugal published a Decree-Law providing for an exceptional measure to compensate for the increase in the minimum monthly wage
The exceptional compensation measure is applicable, throughout Continental Portugal, to all employers, regardless of their legal form (as well as individuals with one or more employees), corresponding to a one-off cash subsidy paid by IAPMEI -…
Just published the procedures, conditions and terms of access to the New Incentive to the Activity’s Normalization and Simplified Support
It was published in the Official Gazette the Government Ordinance No. 102-A/2021, of May 14, which regulates the procedure, conditions and terms of access to the following benefits to be granted by the Institute of Employment and Vocational…
Portugal: Decree-Law amending the Regime for Support to Progressive Resumption is published
As the Government had already announced, with the publication of Decree-Law n.º 32/2021, May 12th, surgical amendments were made to Decree-Law n.º 46-A/2020, July 30th.
COVID-19: Calamity state and mandatory telework regime in all municipalities in Portugal
It was published in the Official Gazette the Resolution of the Council of Ministers no. 45-C/2021, in force since 00h00 of May 1st 2021, declaring the state of calamity in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Inter alia, we highlight…