The Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa confirmed a fine of nearly €15,000 against an employer who mined a company car's GPS trail to police a saleswoman's performance — a breach of Article 20 of the Labour Code.
Barcelos has inaugurated two Specialised Technology Centres backed by a €3.2 million PRR-funded investment, one for industry and one for IT, teaching programming, cybersecurity, AI, automation and robotics. The northern city is betting on locally grown skills to keep its dense industrial base suppli
Volkswagen's plan to cut production capacity 25% and axe half its models is rattling Portugal's auto-components makers, whose exports fell 7% in May. Industry body AFIA warns 2026 will bring more losses and job cuts, though the Autoeuropa plant in Palmela looks set to be spared.
The government's 100-plus-change labour-code overhaul is before Parliament, with the Social Concertation due to meet on 15 July. The minimum wage is set to rise to €970 in 2027, though the minister has not ruled out going higher.
When a non-compete clause binds you after you leave a job in Portugal, the pay it requires, the limits on stay clauses, and your right to a second job.
A new OECD study finds up to a third of Portugal's private-sector workers are bound by non-compete clauses — often without realising it — and argues the practice is quietly holding down wages and job mobility. Many of the clauses may not even be valid under Portuguese law.
On 19 June, Parliament rejected the government's Trabalho XXI package after Chega joined the left to vote it down. The individual hours bank, longer fixed-term contracts and easier dismissals all fell. Experts say the next attempt must finally tackle AI and algorithmic management at work.
