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Hiring a Domestic Worker (Empregado/a Doméstico/a) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Decreto-Lei 235/92 Contract Regime, the Segurança Social Doméstico Code, the IRS Categoria A Reporting Path and the Multiple-Employer Acumulação Mechanics

Hiring a Domestic Worker (Empregado/a Doméstico/a) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Decreto-Lei 235/92 Contract Regime, the Segurança Social Doméstico Code, the IRS Categoria A Reporting Path and the Multiple-Employer Acumulação Mechanics

A practical guide to hiring a domestic worker in Portugal in 2026 — the Decreto-Lei 235/92 contract regime, the Segurança Social doméstico code, the IRS Categoria A reporting path, the multiple-employer acumulação mechanics and the IAS-indexed base reference values.
The Portugal Brief
Rede Empregar Lines Up Gulbenkian, 'la Caixa', IPDJ, IEFP and BNP Paribas Foundation Behind a Five-Founder NEET Coalition Backing 3,438 Young People Across 43 Projects — Tuesday's Fundação Launch Sets the Frame

Rede Empregar Lines Up Gulbenkian, 'la Caixa', IPDJ, IEFP and BNP Paribas Foundation Behind a Five-Founder NEET Coalition Backing 3,438 Young People Across 43 Projects — Tuesday's Fundação Launch Sets the Frame

Five founders — Gulbenkian, 'la Caixa', IPDJ, IEFP and Fundação BNP Paribas — opened the Rede Empregar coalition on 2 June at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, backing 3,438 NEET young people aged 15-34 across 43 nationally-distributed projects.
The Portugal Brief
Mitsubishi Fuso Notifies IEFP of an Eventual July Lay-Off Covering Up to 400 Tramagal Workers — Diesel Canter Sunset Routes the Plant Toward eCanter-Only European Production for the Daimler Truck Stack

Mitsubishi Fuso Notifies IEFP of an Eventual July Lay-Off Covering Up to 400 Tramagal Workers — Diesel Canter Sunset Routes the Plant Toward eCanter-Only European Production for the Daimler Truck Stack

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Europe has notified Portugal's IEFP of an eventual lay-off covering up to 400 Tramagal workers in July, per a 15 May Ministério do Trabalho response to a PCP question. The diesel Canter sunset routes the Daimler Truck-owned plant toward eCanter-only European production.
The Portugal Brief
Modern glass-and-steel commercial office building façade — Eurobarómetro 1 June 2026 prints Portugal third in the EU on SME recruiting difficulty at 35%

Eurobarómetro Ranks Portugal Third in the EU SME Recruiting-Difficulty Read at 35% — Tied With Luxembourg and Behind Malta's 38% and Cyprus's 39%, the 1-17 December 2025 Survey Sizes 15% of PT Firms Hiring Outside the Bloc and 18% Inside

Eurobarómetro 1 June 2026: 35% of Portuguese SMEs report 'much difficulty' recruiting — third in the EU, behind Cyprus (39%) and Malta (38%), tied with Luxembourg. 15% of PT firms hire outside the EU and 18% inside; 18% of those hire construction workers, 12% engineers, 9% IT.
The Portugal Brief
Lusa's Conselho de Administração Scraps the 2009 Acordo de Empresa and Tables a €70-or-3.2% Annual Raise Path to 2030 — Government Authorises a €5 Million Modernisation Envelope for Tech, Delegations and Fact-Checking

Lusa's Conselho de Administração Scraps the 2009 Acordo de Empresa and Tables a €70-or-3.2% Annual Raise Path to 2030 — Government Authorises a €5 Million Modernisation Envelope for Tech, Delegations and Fact-Checking

Lusa's board denounced the 2009 Acordo de Empresa on 28 May and tabled a new four-year deal worth €70/year or 3.2% raises, whichever is higher. The Government cleared a €5M modernisation envelope on the same day — €3M for technology and €2M for delegations, digital and fact-checking.
The Portugal Brief