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Trabalho XXI

Chega Sinks the Government's Trabalho XXI Labour Reform on Friday's Generalidade Vote — PSD, CDS-PP and IL Stand Alone as PS, Bloco de Esquerda, PCP, Livre, PAN and JPP Carry the No, Ventura Cites Despedimentos and Reforma-Antecipada Sticking Points

Chega Sinks the Government's Trabalho XXI Labour Reform on Friday's Generalidade Vote — PSD, CDS-PP and IL Stand Alone as PS, Bloco de Esquerda, PCP, Livre, PAN and JPP Carry the No, Ventura Cites Despedimentos and Reforma-Antecipada Sticking Points

Chega joined the entire left bench to reject the Trabalho XXI labour reform in Friday's generalidade vote, defeating Prime Minister Luís Montenegro's flagship Código do Trabalho rewrite. Only PSD, CDS-PP and IL voted in favour.
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Cabinet Files the Final Trabalho XXI Text in the Assembleia After 50 Amendments — Fixed-Term Cap Restored to Three Years, Individual Hour Bank Returns at 50 Hours a Week, Father's Birth Leave Doubles to 14 Days, Parental Subsidy Splits at 90% and 100%

Cabinet Files the Final Trabalho XXI Text in the Assembleia After 50 Amendments — Fixed-Term Cap Restored to Three Years, Individual Hour Bank Returns at 50 Hours a Week, Father's Birth Leave Doubles to 14 Days, Parental Subsidy Splits at 90% and 100%

Cabinet sent the Trabalho XXI labour-reform proposal to parliament on Thursday with 50+ amendments to the August draft, 12 sourced from UGT. Fixed-term cap restored to three years, hour bank reinstated at 50 hours a week, father's birth leave doubles to 14 days, parental subsidy splits at 90/100%.
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CGTP Walks Its 12.ª Greve Geral Pré-Aviso Into the Ministério do Trabalho — UGT Stays Off the Picket Line as Tiago Oliveira Targets 3 June 2026 for the First Public-and-Private-Sector Walkout Since the December Joint Action

CGTP Walks Its 12.ª Greve Geral Pré-Aviso Into the Ministério do Trabalho — UGT Stays Off the Picket Line as Tiago Oliveira Targets 3 June 2026 for the First Public-and-Private-Sector Walkout Since the December Joint Action

The Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores Portugueses delivered the formal pré-aviso for its 12.ª greve geral to the Ministério do Trabalho on Monday 11 May 2026, with Wednesday 3 June 2026 set as the date of the strike. The notice, signed by...
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