Latest news and stories about employee rights in Portugal for expats and residents.
The rise of 'bossware' for employee monitoring is becoming common globally, despite questionable productivity benefits and strict legal restrictions in countries like Portugal.
The law places limits on digital surveillance used to monitor employee activity.
Work. The use of software applications to monitor employee activity is illegal in the vast majority of cases in Portugal.
Around 500 Menzies/SPdH workers received salaries below the pay they were entitled to due to issues linked to payroll processing on a new system. The company regrets the error and says the situation is being corrected with additional payments to the affected workers.
The fear of reprisals continues to deter many complaints of psychological and sexual harassment in the workplace, warns CITE president Carla Tavares, who says a new study and changes to the law are needed.
The government has denied that the amendments to the labour law will make it easier to dismiss employees.
