Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Portugal as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Portugal: Parliament approves new gender identity bill
Parliament has made Portugal the sixth European country to grant self-determination of gender identity from the age 16 without permission from a third party or a medical report …
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Portugal: Finland plans to terminate its tax treaty with Portugal
The Finnish Ministry of Finance has warned Portugal’s government that it will suspend the Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between the two countries unless Portugal implements a tax treaty concluded in 2016 …
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Portugal: Parliament approves new legal gender change law
Parliament has approved a new law making it easier for people to change their legal gender …
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Portugal: Labour code reform gives employees more rights during a transfer of undertakings
A reform of the Labour Code has changed to give employees more rights during a transfer of undertakings …
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Portugal: Minimum wage increased
It has been agreed that the national minimum wage will rise with effect from January 1st from 557 to 580 euros a month …
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Portugal: Combatting green receipts
A new law (55/2017) has just come into force to help combat the “green receipt” system used by many employers – as well as other forms of disguised employment and the exploitation of young workers who will often offer to work without pay …
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Portugal: Civil servants to underwork for less hours
A government Bill to return the weekly working hours of Portugal’s civil servants back to 35 hours has been approved by the parliamentary employment and social security committee …
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Portugal: Tax loophole closed to Finnish retirees
A tax loophole that allows foreign retirees from private sector jobs to retire to Portugal with a ten-year tax holiday has been closed to Finnish taxpayers …
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Portugal: Cancelled public holidays reinstated
On March 18th a Decree was enacted in Portugal reinstating four public holidays that were temporarily removed as part of austerity measures in 2012 …
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Portugal: Reinstatement of temporary early retirement rules
On March 9th 2016 Decree-law 10/2016 came into force in Portugal re-establishing temporary early-retirement rules that had been in effect during 2015 …
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Portugal: Increased rights for working parents
A number of amendments to Portugal’s parental leave laws came into force earlier this month, with further provisions due to come into force during January 2016 …
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Portugal: Increased rights for working parents
A number of amendments to Portugal’s parental leave laws came into force earlier this month, with further provisions due to come into force during January 2016 …
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Portugal: Labour cost statistics for 2015
In Portugal, the Labour Cost Index increased by 1 …
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Portugal: Report on fathers’ take up of parental leave across Europe
According to a new report by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), the proportion of fathers taking parental and paternity leave is increasing in most EU Member States, although it is still fairly low …
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Portugal: New prohibited ground for discrimination
The Portuguese Parliament has approved a proposal to add gender identity to the prohibited grounds of discrimination stated in the Labour Code …
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