DGERT's July report puts notified procedures up about 13 percent to 375, the highest January to July count since 2020. Workers actually dismissed fell 11.4 percent to 4,055. Micro and small firms filed 279 of the 375; Lisbon and the Tagus Valley 221.
The national public services federation, STAL and the Lisbon municipal workers' union have called a joint stoppage for Friday 2 October, plus an 11am demonstration in Lisbon, demanding pay talks open now rather than in 2027.
A GNR inspection in the Oeste on 27 August produced ten formal records. Eight of them fall on the workers, one on the building's drainage, and none on the accommodation itself.
The union and INEM's board left Wednesday's meeting at the Health Ministry without agreement on the emergency fleet shake-up, so the 14 and 28 September stoppages stand. Rui Lazaro reports 'approximations' on both disputed measures and expects a counter-proposal within days.
A government bill would force Portuguese employers to reveal pay to job candidates and staff from 2027, transposing an EU directive Portugal was supposed to adopt by June.
Pontual, making shoes in Vila Nova de Gaia since 1948, has filed for insolvency - 54 workers dismissed without notice and owed over EUR100,000, months after taking PRR money for solar panels.
Job offers registered at Portugal's IEFP rose 22.8% to 134,100 in 2025, led by services and construction, with 69.2% of vacancies filled. The report also found foreign workers now make up more than a fifth of Social Security contributors.
