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RTP and its labor unions have signed an amendment to their Company Agreement to clarify and maintain specific subsidies previously flagged as undue by the Inspectorate-General of Finance, ensuring no additional costs are incurred.
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Workers have been litigating against the Portuguese state for 33 years. Some have already passed away, and the battle has passed to their heirs. Tens of millions of euros may be at stake.
Whenever someone in Portugal proposes firing a public servant, funding private schools with public money, linking the retirement age to life expectancy, or lowering corporate taxes, the response arrives in seconds: that is neoliberalism, look at Scandinavia. Let us look. Denmark does not have a statutory minimum wage. Dismissal is done...
The Government published the decree in the Diário da República this Thursday, granting museum workers a 60-euro supplement for each normal working day performed on public holidays. The measure is retroactive to April 1st. 'Workers of Museus e Monumentos de Portugal, E. P. E., who carry out their activity...'
The initiative aims to change the agreement in principle reached between the Ministry and unions regarding the new career path for technicians. It requests that the career review 'not be carried out at the expense of acquired merit'.
The public broadcaster and trade unions representing the workers have signed a clarification amendment to maintain the payment of subsidies. The agreement reached does not represent any increase in costs.
The station had planned to spend 114.6 thousand euros on personnel this year.
The party will submit a draft bill to the Assembly of the Republic. Deputies met with unions to assess the difficulties faced by fishermen and are calling for a change to the current regime.
RTP has decided to suspend the granting of new salary subsidies after the Inspectorate-General of Finance questioned their legality.
The payment of one euro per evaluated response is being contested. The federation says the remuneration model is an affront to the intelligence and professional dignity of teachers.
The situation occurred without the professionals having been previously informed, which prompted the complaint from the 'Linha da Frente' team.
The government acknowledges that the current 2018 law is outdated and that there were failures in oversight. Members of parliament criticise the lack of focus on low wages and the working conditions of drivers.
The morning briefing highlights that the five urgent measures proposed by Seguro are facing delays in their practical implementation.
Strikes on the eve of a public holiday, followed by a 'bridge' day leading directly into a weekend, serve to provide rest for the public sector.
The new organisational structure of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security cuts management positions and transfers responsibilities. Unions fear the relocation of jobs.
Newspapers fill page after page with reflections on the cause of strikes and workers' rights, as if the two things were related. They are not. Opinion piece by João Miguel Tavares
Portugal’s CHEGA party has held a press conference today to say the party will propose in parliament that any worker should be able to retire after 40 years of contributions The post CHEGA prepares two ‘winning’ proposals for discussion in parliament appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Public Administration unions were not consulted regarding the restructuring of the Institute for Employment and Vocational Training, the Social Security Institute, and the Institute for Informatics. The transfer of responsibilities may force employees to change their workplace, warn unions, whose requests for clarification remain unanswered.
The special regime for priests limits access to social support. The clergy's contribution rate is lower than that of other workers.
Merit cannot be conditioned by sympathies or economistic interests.
The Government and trade unions signed an agreement on Wednesday, 22 April, increasing compensation for employees of Museus e Monumentos de Portugal (MMP) working on public holidays. The deal introduces a fixed 60-euro supplement for working on holidays, ending two years of disputes and strikes that had frequently forced the closure of national cultural sites. The agreement covers approximately 950 staff members responsible for visitor services and security across 38 state-managed facilities.
The morality of the State is measured by how it treats those who serve it.
The remaining parliamentary benches recalled that the PS ended the single agent career path in 2008.
Bills were presented by Chega, PS, Livre, BE, and PAN.
The general secretary of CGTP, Tiago Oliveira, assures that the general strike taking place this Thursday against the revision of the labour law is having an “enormous impact” in both the public and private sectors, with the participation of over three million workers. However, the Government, through its spokesperson...
Fixed-term contracts, outsourcing after layoffs, hour banks, dismissals for just cause. These are some of the issues that lead workers to strike today, December 11, the first general strike called by CGTP and UGT since 2013. The government has deemed this strike to be untimely and senseless. Follow it here...
An overview of the legislation surrounding general strikes, their impact on the workforce, and the rights of workers involved.
