Collective redundancies rise by around 16% up to November and surpass the 2024 total
Of the 515 collective redundancies reported by companies in the first 11 months of last year, 174 involved micro‑enterprises, 207 involved small companies, 84 involved medium‑sized companies and 50 involved large companies.
Collective redundancies rise by about 16% through November and exceed the total for 2024
Regionally, the Lisbon and Tagus Valley leads, with 254 collective redundancies notified through November 2025.
Collective redundancies rise by around 16% through November
Of the 515 collective redundancies reported by companies in the first 11 months of last year, 207 were at small companies, 174 at microenterprises and 50 at large companies.
The rise of 'easy' collective redundancies
Experts point to US customs tariffs and artificial intelligence as possible causes for the increase in collective redundancies, which by October had already surpassed the total for the whole of 2024.
