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PS Brands the Labour Code Overhaul a 'Contrarreforma' and Drafts an Alternative Competitiveness-and-Wages Package for Late May — Carneiro Wraps Concertação Social With CGTP on Friday 22 May

PS Brands the Labour Code Overhaul a 'Contrarreforma' and Drafts an Alternative Competitiveness-and-Wages Package for Late May — Carneiro Wraps Concertação Social With CGTP on Friday 22 May

PS leader José Luís Carneiro branded the Labour Code revision a 'contrarreforma' on Thursday 21 May and confirmed PS will vote against on the general phase. An alternative competitiveness-and-wages package follows next week after Carneiro wraps Concertação Social with CGTP on Friday 22 May.
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Cabinet Files the Final Trabalho XXI Text in the Assembleia After 50 Amendments — Fixed-Term Cap Restored to Three Years, Individual Hour Bank Returns at 50 Hours a Week, Father's Birth Leave Doubles to 14 Days, Parental Subsidy Splits at 90% and 100%

Cabinet Files the Final Trabalho XXI Text in the Assembleia After 50 Amendments — Fixed-Term Cap Restored to Three Years, Individual Hour Bank Returns at 50 Hours a Week, Father's Birth Leave Doubles to 14 Days, Parental Subsidy Splits at 90% and 100%

Cabinet sent the Trabalho XXI labour-reform proposal to parliament on Thursday with 50+ amendments to the August draft, 12 sourced from UGT. Fixed-term cap restored to three years, hour bank reinstated at 50 hours a week, father's birth leave doubles to 14 days, parental subsidy splits at 90/100%.
The Portugal Brief
CGTP Walks Its 12.ª Greve Geral Pré-Aviso Into the Ministério do Trabalho — UGT Stays Off the Picket Line as Tiago Oliveira Targets 3 June 2026 for the First Public-and-Private-Sector Walkout Since the December Joint Action

CGTP Walks Its 12.ª Greve Geral Pré-Aviso Into the Ministério do Trabalho — UGT Stays Off the Picket Line as Tiago Oliveira Targets 3 June 2026 for the First Public-and-Private-Sector Walkout Since the December Joint Action

The Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores Portugueses delivered the formal pré-aviso for its 12.ª greve geral to the Ministério do Trabalho on Monday 11 May 2026, with Wednesday 3 June 2026 set as the date of the strike. The notice, signed by...
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Conselho de Ministros Walks the Trabalho XXI Labour-Reform Bill Out of Concertação Social and Into Parliament on Thursday 14 May — Palma Ramalho's July Draft Anchors the Final Text After Nine Months of Talks Collapse Without UGT Agreement

Conselho de Ministros Walks the Trabalho XXI Labour-Reform Bill Out of Concertação Social and Into Parliament on Thursday 14 May — Palma Ramalho's July Draft Anchors the Final Text After Nine Months of Talks Collapse Without UGT Agreement

The Conselho de Ministros approved on Thursday 14 May 2026 — at the 09:30 weekly meeting at the official residence in Lisbon — the proposta de lei that converts the government's nine-month Trabalho XXI exercise into the bill that now goes to...
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Inside the Trabalho XXI Bill That Lands in Parliament This Week — The Banco de Horas Grupal Falls Out, the SME Reintegration Bar Goes Up, Outsourcing After Collective Dismissal Drops to Six Months and the Caducidade Path Gets Wider

Inside the Trabalho XXI Bill That Lands in Parliament This Week — The Banco de Horas Grupal Falls Out, the SME Reintegration Bar Goes Up, Outsourcing After Collective Dismissal Drops to Six Months and the Caducidade Path Gets Wider

The labour-reform bill walks into the Assembleia this week with the banco de horas grupal repealed, fixed-term grounds widened, the SME reintegration bar lifted, post-dismissal outsourcing halved to six months, and the caducidade path widened. CGTP general strike locked for 3 June.
The Portugal Brief
Going Into Summer 2026 With No Labour Deal — Trabalho XXI Walks Into Parliament Unsigned, the CGTP Locks 3 June for the General Strike, and Private-Sector Wages Print +6% as the Insolvency Tape Climbs 7.8%

Going Into Summer 2026 With No Labour Deal — Trabalho XXI Walks Into Parliament Unsigned, the CGTP Locks 3 June for the General Strike, and Private-Sector Wages Print +6% as the Insolvency Tape Climbs 7.8%

Trabalho XXI walks into Parliament without a Concertação Social signature, the CGTP has locked 3 June for the general strike, private-sector wages are running +6% YoY and the insolvency tape is up 7.8%. The labour-policy summer in Portugal will be busier than the political calendar suggests.
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