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Portugal Approaches the 7 June 2026 EU Pay-Transparency Directive Deadline Without a Published Lei de Transposição — Diretiva 2023/970 Tilts the Country Into Article 258 TFEU Infringement-Risk Territory

Portugal Approaches the 7 June 2026 EU Pay-Transparency Directive Deadline Without a Published Lei de Transposição — Diretiva 2023/970 Tilts the Country Into Article 258 TFEU Infringement-Risk Territory

Directive (EU) 2023/970 — the EU Pay-Transparency Directive — must be transposed into Portuguese law by Sunday 7 June 2026. Lisbon has not yet tabled a diploma. ACT is already enforcing on Directive spirit; Article 258 TFEU infringement-risk territory opens on Monday.
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Claiming Subsídio Parental (Parental Leave Pay) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the 120/150/180-Day Initial Subsidy, the 28-Day Father's Exclusive Leave, the 80/100/83% Reference-Remuneration Bands and the Decreto-Lei 91/2009 Eligibility Frame

Claiming Subsídio Parental (Parental Leave Pay) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the 120/150/180-Day Initial Subsidy, the 28-Day Father's Exclusive Leave, the 80/100/83% Reference-Remuneration Bands and the Decreto-Lei 91/2009 Eligibility Frame

A practical guide to Portugal's subsídio parental in 2026 — the 120/150/180-day initial modalities, the 28-day father's exclusive leave, the 100/80/83% reference-remuneration bands, the 6-month prazo de garantia, the alargado top-up at 25% and the Segurança Social Direta filing flow.
The Portugal Brief
Claiming Subsídio de Doença (Sick Pay) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the CIT Digital Certificate, the 6-Month Prazo de Garantia, the 55-60-70-75% Reference-Remuneration Bands and the €5.37 IAS Floor

Claiming Subsídio de Doença (Sick Pay) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the CIT Digital Certificate, the 6-Month Prazo de Garantia, the 55-60-70-75% Reference-Remuneration Bands and the €5.37 IAS Floor

Subsídio de Doença — the cash benefit paid by Segurança Social when a registered worker is medically unable to work — is one of the load-bearing social-protection payments in the Portuguese system. The 2026 régime sits on the Decreto-Lei 28/2004...
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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.
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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.
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