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Former Deputy Prime Minister Paulo Portas argued today that “the best thing Portugal can do is preserve its stability” in a “volatile and dangerous” world and warned that the only way to improve average wages is by increasing productivity.
Paulo Portas, ex-vice-primeiro-ministro de Portugal, destacou a importância de o país manter sua estabilidade em um cenário global volátil e perigoso. Ele afirmou que a única maneira de melhorar os salários médios é aumentando a produtividade, enfatizando a necessidade de compromisso político e constância de governos. Portas também alertou para os desafios demográficos, como o envelhecimento da população, e ressaltou que a Europa deve focar em questões internas como demografia, produtividade e inovação para evitar declínios geopolíticos e econômicos futuros.
The article discusses the disparity between salary increases and productivity growth in Portugal over the last decade. While average salaries have risen by 44%, this has not led to a real increase in purchasing power, as productivity has not kept pace. The Minister of Labour has raised concerns about the need for real productivity gains to sustain salary growth. Current government policies have pushed minimum wages to high levels without considering economic growth or productivity, threatening smaller businesses and leading to structural imbalances in the economy, such as inflation and reduced competitiveness. The article emphasizes the need for salary increases to be aligned with productivity and economic growth to ensure a sustainable future for the country's economy.
Microsoft's CEO believes AI will shift the productivity curve and have a positive impact on global economic growth, provided it stops being a 'pastime' and becomes an economic foundation.
Google has introduced an AI-powered feature in Gmail that automatically generates summaries of email threads to help users catch up quickly on conversations.
Google has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool for Gmail that summarises long email conversations and a feature that lets users 'converse' with their inbox to locate specific information. “As with Google Search, the 'AI summaries' feature turns information into answers without ...”,"detected_language":"pt-PT"}
The new tool has been available since Thursday for all accounts, at no extra cost.
The tool has been available since Thursday for all accounts, at no extra cost.
Home News Workers in foreign companies more productive and better paid Workers in foreign companies more productive and better paid The productivity and average salary of workers in subsidiaries of foreign companies in Portugal were 69. 6% and 44.
The productivity and average salary of workers at subsidiaries of foreign companies in Portugal were 69.6% and 44.2% higher, respectively, than those of workers at domestic companies in 2024, according to data released today by INE.
The Association believes that productivity comes from better working conditions, not from 'reforming laws to make workers work more at any cost.'
