The Government and social partners agreed on 21 October to negotiate pushing back the 31 December deadline for employers to recover money left in the FCT. Six months is on the table. Here is how to check your balance and what the money can be used for.
Social Security processed lay-off payments for 3,756 workers at 173 employers in September, 12.1 percent fewer than a year earlier. Here is what the Labour Code guarantees you while on lay-off: at least two thirds of your gross pay, and protection from dismissal.
The Government made no counter-offer on 2027 pay or the meal allowance and will reply in early November. The 2.3 percent rise agreed with FESAP and STE stands for now. No strike has been called; the Frente Comum decides its next step on 27 October.
The minimum wage rose 5.7 percent to 920 euros in January. With inflation forecast at 3.1 percent, the real rise is about 2.6 percent, down from 3.8 percent in 2025. The 970 euros planned for 2027 would add about 3 percent in real terms.
The final report on Portugal's first public sector four-day week trial finds most service measures held up or improved with 32 hours instead of 35, but warns against applying it everywhere at once.
A joint PSD and PS rewrite of the citizens' parental leave bill won an indicative vote in a parliamentary working group on Tuesday. It still needs the Labour Committee and a final plenary vote, and covers only leave starting from 1 January 2027.
The union confederation's 15th congress opens in Figueira da Foz with the labour minister on the stage. Rosa Sousa is the social democrats' choice for president; Mário Mourão is expected to stay on.
