Almost 40% of company workers without any promotion in 2022
Almost 40% of companies’ employees were not promoted in 2022, according to the survey on management practices released by INE, and in 45.5% of the responding companies, encouraging employee autonomy was the main practice adopted. “Encouraging employee autonomy was the main human resource management practice in 2022, carried out by 45.5% of the responding companies”, […]
Vila Galé to build 14 million hotel in Miranda do Douro
The Vila Galé Mirandum Hotel will create 38 jobs and represents an investment of 14 million euros. The hotel unit will have 60 rooms and a construction area of 4,500 square meters. The mayor of Miranda do Douro announced this Wednesday that the Vila Galé group will invest 14 million euros in the construction of […]
Wage increases in Portugal will be lower in 2024, estimates WTW
Average increase next year expected to be 3.9%, national firms estimate. Inflation is the main factor influencing changes in budgets, concludes the latest WTW study. Portuguese workers’ salary budgets are set to shrink next year after peaking in 2023. Employers in Portugal are budgeting for an average increase of 3.9% in 2024, down from an […]
Vocational training is key to attracting young people to the Armed Forces
The Minister of National Defense maintained today that qualification and professional training are “primary factors” to attract young people to the military career, recognizing that the sector faces “complex challenges”, in particular in retaining these professionals. “Let there be no doubt: the prospect of acquiring specialized and recognized skills in the labor market – combined […]
Eighty thousand companies forced to integrate 350,000 precarious workers
ACT notifies employers today that they have until September 10 to regularize. Defaulters risk fines of up to €61,200. The Authority for Working Conditions (ACT) today sends notifications to 80,000 companies that have 350,000 precarious workers outside the law, with guidelines for them to convert those fixed-term contracts into permanent bonds until September 10, revealed […]
IBM opens innovation center in Fundão that could create 150 jobs
IBM Portugal today inaugurated an innovation and technology center in Fundão, Castelo Branco district, whose activity will focus on areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) or ‘cloud’ and which could create up to 150 jobs. The center, which is managed by Softinsa (a company of the IBM group), resulted from a partnership between the Fundão […]
New program for hiring PhDs with 1400 vacancies in three competitions
The Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education said that 1400 vacancies are planned in three competitions under the new program for hiring PhD holders for permanent positions. The details of the FCT-Tenure program are not yet closed, but Elvira Fortunato confirmed that about 1400 vacancies are foreseen and that for the first of three […]
Mazars wants to recruit 60 people by the end of the year
The focus is on profiles with experience in auditing, accounting, outsourcing and taxation. Mazars intends to hire “close to 60 people” by the end of this year. The focus ison profiles with experience in the business areas of the company, namely auditing, accounting & outsourcing and taxation. The goal is to “ensure the ability to […]
Culture Minister says “tiny” number of workers making additional contribution
The Minister of Culture said today that the “very small” number of potential beneficiaries of the activity suspension subsidy, foreseen in the Statute of the Professionals of the Culture Area, is due to the optional nature and additional contribution effort. “(The culture worker) if he wants to make an additional contribution, about four percentage points […]
PSP and GNR without access to automatic three-day sick leave
The national direction of the PSP and the regional command of the GNR understand that the Statute of the Police and the Statute of the Military do not follow the Labor Code, so the legislation does not apply. The PSP and GNR are without access to self-declarations of sick three days, recently introduced in the […]