Data from the Directorate-General for Employment and Labour Relations (Direção-Geral do Emprego e das Relações de Trabalho or DGERT) shows that collective redundancies rose 13.4% by August, reaching 407 processes. Despite the increase in company-led dismissals, the total number of workers affected fell by 9.2% compared to the same period last year. The Lisbon and Tagus Valley region currently reports the highest number of these redundancy cases.
Collective redundancies reach highest level since 2020
Monday, 21 September 2026AI summary
Context & Explainers
The Directorate-General for Employment and Labour Relations (Direção-Geral do Emprego e das Relações de Trabalho or DGERT) is a government agency under the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security. It is responsible for monitoring labor market trends, managing collective bargaining agreements, and overseeing processes like collective redundancies in Portugal.
