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UGT Unanimously Chumba the Trabalho XXI Overhaul — Palma Ramalho Pegs 7 May as Concertação's Last Day, Then the Diploma Heads Straight to Parlamento

UGT Unanimously Chumba the Trabalho XXI Overhaul — Palma Ramalho Pegs 7 May as Concertação's Last Day, Then the Diploma Heads Straight to Parlamento

UGT's Secretariado Nacional voted unanimously on 23 April to reject the Government's final labour reform draft. Minister Palma Ramalho gave UGT 15 days. The 7 May CPCS meeting is now the deadline before the package goes to Parliament without a concertation agreement.

OECD Taxing Wages 2026 Lands With Portugal Among the Eleven Economies Where Labour Tax Fell — Average-Wage Wedge Drops to 39.3% After a Second Round of IRS Reform

OECD Taxing Wages 2026 Lands With Portugal Among the Eleven Economies Where Labour Tax Fell — Average-Wage Wedge Drops to 39.3% After a Second Round of IRS Reform

The OECD's Taxing Wages 2026 report, released 22 April, puts Portugal's single-worker labour tax wedge at 39.3% for 2025 — down a third consecutive year from 41.1% in 2023. Portugal is one of only 11 OECD economies where the wedge fell in 2025, against an OECD mean of 35.1% and an EU mean of 41.7%.

Government Pushes 'Concurso Contínuo' for Teachers Over Union Objections — A Rolling Hiring Window That Could Redraw the Portuguese School Year

Government Pushes 'Concurso Contínuo' for Teachers Over Union Objections — A Rolling Hiring Window That Could Redraw the Portuguese School Year

Education Minister Fernando Alexandre is pushing a new rolling 'concurso contínuo' that would let schools fill teacher vacancies at any point in the academic year. Unions left Monday's negotiation with 'many questions unanswered', and FENPROF has flagged concerns about quadro protections.