Publications - Labor and Employment
Mistakes which may end up being expensive in the indemnity for dismissal for objective reasons
The CJEU declares the termination of a pregnant employee’s contract in a collective layoff proceeding to be lawful
In a matter referred by the Catalan High Court for a preliminary ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled, in its Judgment of February 22, 2018, that under Spanish legislation it is legal to dismiss a pregnant worker…
How ‘blockchain’ and IA will revolutionize employment contracts
Article by Pablo Salguero, Principal Associate of Labor Departament ('Elpais.com'). CONTENT IN SPANISH
New regulation will allow the disposal of pension funds after 10 years, before retirement
On February 10, 2018, the Official State Gazette published Royal Decree 62/2018, of February 9, 2018, amending the Regulations on the funding of companies’ pension commitments with workers and beneficiaries, approved by Royal Decree 1588/1999…
Do workers loaned by temporary employment agencies have the same rights?
State Budget for 2018 - Employment and Social Security matters
The State Budget for 2018 was published today, introducing legal changes on employment and Social Security matters. For further information, please click on the link above.
Portugal - Minimum monthly wage for 2018
The Decree-Law no. 156/2017, of December 28, was published today in the official gazette, increasing the minimum monthly wage to € 580,00, as of January 1, 2018, onwards.
Portugal - ECJ ruling on weekly rest
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in a decision published today, ruled, in an innovative manner, on the weekly rest (subject included in Directive 2003/88/EC), with special impact on shift work. The ECJ has decided that the mentioned…
Employer’s costs with medical committees and house inspections of illness
Ministerial Order no. 324/2017, of 27 October, established the charges to be bear by public employers with the analysis of employees' work disability, due to accident at work or natural illness, as follows:
Long careers’ early retirement
It was published in the Official Gazette the Decree-Law no. 126-B/2017, of 6 October, which introduces changes to the Portuguese legal framework retirement of beneficiaries of the Social Security general system as well as the civil servants…
Amendments to the legal framework for entry and working in Portugal – Employment matters
Law no. 102/2017, of 28 August, was published in the Official Gazette, introducing the fifth amendment to the Legal framework for entry, stay, departure and deportation of foreigners from the national territory, transforming into national law the…
Portugal ratifies ILO Convention 187
It was published today in the official gazette the ratification by the Portuguese Republic of the Convention no. 187 of the International Labor Organization (ILO), regarding the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health. This ILO…