Decreto-Lei n.o 181/2026 sets the competitions, the 12-year seniority threshold and the acting regime for court staff. No competition can open until a portaria appears, and the number of posts is a finance ministry decision.
How Portugal's whistleblower law protects you: what you can report, the order of channels, deadlines, confidentiality, and two years of retaliation cover.
Eurostat's 8 September update puts Portugal fourth from the bottom of the EU27 on productivity growth per hour and fourth from the bottom on the level, at 66.7 percent of the European average. The measure that flatters Portugal is the one that ignores its 1,904-hour working year.
Non-renewing a fixed-term contract for a pregnant or postpartum worker takes a stated reason and five working days. Dismissing one takes a prior opinion from CITE, a presumption against the employer and, if the opinion is unfavourable, a court. The gap is the story.
Eurostat's third estimate of the second quarter puts Portuguese employment up 1.0 percent on the quarter, the best in the EU, and 2.2 percent on the year, third behind Malta and Spain. The catch is that the workforce grew faster than output did.
A two-page decree adds one article to the law that created Museus e Monumentos de Portugal. Front-of-house staff who work a feriado now get a fixed 60 euros on top of the pay they were already owed, indexed annually, with effect from 1 April 2026.
Stichting WIE International filed on Wednesday, arguing the dynamic pay system breaches article 22 of the GDPR. Its research puts Uber's average commission at about 29 percent. Portugal's parliament capped the platform share at 25 percent nine days ago.
