Legal: Labour reform news in Portugal

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9am. APAV supports 4,800 parents due to violence from their children

Data show an increase of nearly 40% over 5 years. The majority of victims are female, and more than half are aged 65 or older. Also in this newspaper, the Minister of Labour on the labour reform.

UGT to reaffirm proposals on labour reform

The trade union centre has already met and is not expected to present new proposals so that there is still a chance of reaching an agreement on the labour package, following the two rejections. Armindo Monteiro will issue a final challenge.

Insurance union STAS opposes labour reform

Deputies from the Committee on Labour, Social Security and Inclusion and the Committee on Budget and Finance met with the executive board of STAS, the Union of Insurance Activity Workers, last Thursday. This union, affiliated with the UGT and led by Patrícia Caixinha, a former deputy elected for the PS, is considered the most representative in the insurance sector.

UGT official almost certain of rejection of labour reform

The deputy secretary-general of the UGT is “almost certain” that the national secretariat will reject the changes to labour law. This was the response to the same expectation expressed by the CGTP in a debate.

UGT rejects labour law reform proposal but signals desire to continue negotiations

The UGT national secretariat approved a resolution this Thursday stating that the current labour law reform proposal 'does not yet allow for a consensus' and signals that the trade union centre wishes to continue negotiating with social partners. An official source from the Ministry of Labour explained to ECO that, until they receive...

UGT national secretariat meets to decide on labour law agreement

The UGT national secretariat meets this Thursday, the 9th, to decide whether the trade union centre, led by Mário Mourão, will approve the proposed changes to labour legislation within the Social Concertation framework. The decision on a potential agreement is on the agenda for today's meeting, which includes UGT secretary-general Mário Mourão, president Lucinda Dâmaso, and 68 elected members. Following eight months of negotiations, the Minister of Labour, Rosário Palma Ramalho, has requested that social partners consult their internal bodies regarding the proposal, with a plenary Social Concertation meeting to be scheduled soon. The government has been meeting separately with the UGT and four business confederations, excluding the CGTP, which has criticised the process as undemocratic. The latest government proposal includes extending the duration of fixed-term and uncertain-term contracts, removing the mandatory reinstatement of workers in cases of unlawful dismissal, and reintroducing individual working hour banks, while dropping the simplification of dismissals for just cause.

Labour package: Government holds firm and CGTP does not rule out strike

The CGTP will only be satisfied with the complete withdrawal of the labour package, but the Government refuses to yield. After a meeting with Montenegro, Tiago Oliveira said that “the struggle will continue” in all forms, including strike action.

CGTP meets with Luís Montenegro at São Bento to demand withdrawal of labour package

Since the draft bill was presented on 24 July, the CGTP has held several protest actions to demand the withdrawal of the proposal.

CGTP delivers petition with more than 190,000 signatures to 'defeat the labour package'

A delegation from the CGTP's executive committee delivered a petition with more than 190,000 signatures on Tuesday to the Prime Minister's official residence at São Bento to 'defeat this labour package'. 'The Government has already had every opportunity to open its eyes,' said the CGTP general secretary in remarks to journalists in Lisbon, after the ...

Raimundo: "It was the Government that withdrew from the solutions"

In response to statements by the Minister of Labour, the PCP's secretary-general said one must 'have a lot of nerve' and accused the Government of having withdrawn from the solutions for the labour reform.

Minister of Labour says CGTP 'has withdrawn from the negotiations' on the labour reform

The trade union centre has a demonstration scheduled for this afternoon.

CGTP 'has withdrawn from the labour reform negotiations'

The Minister of Labour said the Government 'will be here to listen'

CGTP says Government 'must listen to the majority' and will ask Montenegro to withdraw the labour package

CGTP and UGT carried out a general strike on 11 December against the Government's proposal.

Tiago Oliveira on the Conversa Capital programme: CGTP will succeed in blocking this labour reform

Tiago Oliveira says that Luís Montenegro is 'lying' when he claims the labour law reform paves the way for a €1,600 minimum wage, and hopes the prime minister will clarify this statement at this week’s meeting, at which the CGTP plans to submit thousands of signatures against the proposed changes to labour legislation.

IL leader wants a parallel approach to labour flexibility and protection of workers

Mariana Mortágua said it is possible to build a parallel path between a more flexible labour market and “guaranteeing the protection of people”.

7pm. General strike. Man breaches police cordon at the door of the Assembly

Tensions rise at the end of the protest against the labour reform that the government wants to implement. On a day of general strike, a war of numbers: CIP contradicts CGTP.

Drone images show protest on Avenida dos Aliados during general strike

Many people are in Porto this Thursday to express their rejection of the labour package proposed by the Government.

10am. Raimundo: "Labour package written by the employers"

In this news report, we cover the statements made by the General Secretary of the PCP and the leader of the BE during initiatives held during the strike. We will also go live to São João Hospital and Lisbon Airport.

101 Reasons to Fight Against the Labour Package

The impact of the proposed labour changes on the weakening of a system that has, more or less generously, robustly ensured social protection for workers against the eventualities of their life cycle is significant and should not be ignored or removed from the discussion.

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: five questions and answers about the stoppage and labour reform

Twelve years after the protests against the troika and the legislative changes imposed by the authority, CGTP and UGT unite again in opposition. The general strike against the government's legislative package promises to halt the country this Thursday.

Reintegration, layoffs and minimum services raise constitutional doubts

Opposition to the reintegration of workers, the expansion of minimum services during strikes, collective bargaining, and the simplification of layoffs are the changes in the government's labour reform that raise questions about their constitutionality among labour law experts.

Changes regarding reintegration, dismissals, and minimum services in labour reform raise constitutional doubts

A Labour and Social Security Law expert points out that the “most controversial” change relates to the opposition to the reintegration of workers dismissed unlawfully.

Labour reform: six measures that are the source of the general strike

The general strike on Thursday, December 11, aims to halt the government's labour package. Among the various proposed changes, there are six that both the CGTP and UGT consider red lines.

Labour reform: modernisation or a return to precariousness?

Portugal does need a labour reform, yes. But modernising does not mean reverting to the past disguised as the future.

Lisbon Unions March Against Labour Package

Alongside a hundred demonstrators, the coordinator of the Lisbon Unions argued that the draft labour reform will deepen “precariousness, unemployment, and low wages.”

Labour law. "The recipe is the same as the troika's"

The PS deputy accuses the Government of applying a recipe “very similar to that of the troika” and of implementing a labour reform that is “a thing of the past”. Along the way, he asks Montenegro to “apologise to the UGT”.

Altice Group Union criticises labour reform

In a letter sent to the Government, the Altice Group Workers' Union states that the labour reform is “one of the greatest attacks on workers' rights since April 25th”.