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The STJ (Superior Court of Justice) orders the Algarve Local Health Unit (ULS) to pay back pay for 2018–2021 to almost 300 nurses on individual contracts. The decision removes salary discrimination and could affect up to 7,000 professionals nationwide.
The adjustment will be €56.58 or a minimum of 2.15% in 2026, and €60.52 or a minimum of 2.30% in 2027, 2028 and 2029.
The 2026–2029 Multiannual Agreement on the Enhancement of Public Administration Workers provides for pay rises of 2.15% this year, with a minimum of €56.58.
The increase will be “aligned with the agreement signed last week with the unions for 2026”, said Leitão Amaro
An audit by the Court of Auditors (TdC) into the financing of the Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority (ASF) found that the body spent almost €1 million more than it should have on salaries for its directors and members of the Supervisory Commission. According to Expresso (paywalled)...
An agreement with UGT public sector unions extends the existing pay deal to cover the entire parliamentary term.
The Government intends to formalise the pay increases on the same day as the rise in the meal allowance, which will increase to €6.15.
The Secretary of State for Justice revealed on Tuesday in Parliament that there are workers at the registry offices earning more than the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister, according to Público. Ana Luísa Machado also noted that salary disparities among the registry office workers themselves are large, with the salary of one ...
The UGT-affiliated public service unions (Fesap and STE) will sign on Wednesday the 2026–2029 multi-year agreement to enhance public administration workers, at the Prime Minister's Official Residence at 11:30, the Government says in a statement. The pact provides for pay rises this year of €56.58 for salaries up to around €2,600 ...
Currently, Águas de Gaia has three directors, but only one is paid.
According to the PS parliamentary leader, “if there was a figure who, throughout that difficult period, was against salary and pension cuts, it was António José Seguro.”
Next year, as expected, public sector salaries will increase by €56.58 up to around €2,600, or by a minimum of 2.15% for higher salaries, according to the proposed addendum to the pay-enhancement agreement for about 760,000 public servants presented by the Secretary of State for Public Administration to the representative bodies...
