Meeting between Montenegro and CGTP on labour law postponed for the second time
The meeting was originally scheduled for 7 January and was rescheduled to 14 January, a date on which it will no longer take place.
Explainer: What is an intermittent contract?
The scheme applies to workers who do not perform their work on a continuous basis.
Majority of companies have never measured the pay gap between men and women
An entire ocean separates Portugal from the country led by Donald Trump, but the anti-diversity atmosphere experienced in the United States is indeed spreading to Portuguese and European companies. In an interview with ECO, Paula Carneiro — who is now stepping down from the leadership of the Portuguese Association for Diversity and Inclusion (APPDI) — admits that ...
Portugal is out of step with the EU on labour laws. Ongoing reform will bring it closer
Portugal currently diverges from European Union labour legislation. The reform package under way aims to align national labour laws with EU rules and standards — strengthening worker protections, updating contract and enforcement provisions and reducing regulatory gaps.
From remote work to holiday pay, the hidden side of the labour law reform
Among the more than 100 changes the Government wants to make to labour legislation, there are not only the most critical and media-covered measures — such as the extension of fixed-term contracts and the limitation of dismissal for breastfeeding — but also changes that have received less attention, particularly regarding remote work, ...
General strike on Thursday: waste collection and schools will be the most affected sectors in local authorities
Unions expect high participation. The strike on December 11 was called by CGTP and UGT against the proposed revision of the Labour Code.
"Extending fixed-term contracts allows young people to remain in precarious jobs until retirement"
Paulo Gonçalves rejects the notion that the more than 100 changes the government wants to make to labour law are all negative. He acknowledges that there are “four or five promising points”. However, he warns that the majority disrupts the balance between employers and workers, introducing “enormous precariousness”, according to the president of the National Union of Managers.
