Government guarantees a 20% supplement for doctors who adhere to the full dedication regime
With this supplement, a physician starting his/her career can receive 573 euros more gross. To this amount, adds an immediate salary update of 4.5% guaranteed for the next two years. The Independent Union of Physicians and the FNAM do not accept the Government’s proposal. The Government guarantees a 20% supplement to doctors who work in […]
Unprecedented project gives professional hairdressing training to people with intellectual disabilities
A group of young people with intellectual disabilities is having professional training as a hairdresser’s assistant and six of them will already start their summer internship, an unprecedented project in Portugal in the struggle for inclusion in the labor market. The training began in 2022 with a class of eight young people from the Portuguese […]
Unemployment is at historically very low levels – Government
The Secretary of State for Labor, Miguel Fontes, considered today that the unemployment rate, which the INE indicated to have been fixed in May at 6.4%, “is at historically very low levels”, representing “a good problem” for the Government. “We look at these numbers and this unemployment rate, yesterday [Thursday] released by the INE [National […]
Nestlé Portugal wants to hire 100 workers and maintains focus on sustainability
Nestlé Portugal wants to hire, in 2023, about 100 workers, in line with what has happened in recent years, keeping the bet on the sustainability of the brand, with the country also asserting itself as a ‘hub’ of the group. “We have constantly increased the number of employees in Portugal […] and we will continue […]
NHS pharmacists without increases since 1999 united in protest
Half a hundred pharmacists of the National Health Service (NHS) demonstrated today in front of the Ministry of Health to demand the appreciation of their careers and the revision of the salary scale, recalling that “there are no salary increases since 1999”. Luís França is a pharmacist at Beatriz Ângelo Hospital, but today he swapped […]
Number of unemployed registered at job centers drops 3.6% in May
The number of unemployed people registered at job centers fell 3.6 percent year-on-year in May to 285,855, “the lowest ever” for that month and 3.2 percent lower than in April, the government announced today. According to a statement from the Ministry of Labor, Solidarity and Social Security, “in May 285,855 people were enrolled in the […]
Emirates recruits Portuguese pilots in Lisbon
The Emirates recruitment roadshow for pilots in Portugal will be held in Lisbon on the 21st and 22nd of June and will feature three presentations. In a press release, Emirates reveals that the pilot recruitment roadshow will be held at the SANA Malhoa Hotel, with presentations by Emirates scheduled for June 21 at 10:00 am […]
Public manager earns 6400 euros in telework
Vogal of the Agency for Administrative Modernization works in a “hybrid regime”. Tito Vieira works in a “hybrid regime” as administrator of the Agency for Administrative Modernization (AMA), a public institute responsible for modernizing state services. That is, the public manager splits his work “between AMA’s premises in Lisbon and teleworking in Maia [in the […]
Rehabilitation technicians’ union takes legal action for “illegal working hours”.
A lawsuit has been filed with the Porto Administrative Court against the Ministry of Justice for “illegal working hours” and “excessive workload” that violate the right to rest. In the lawsuit, the technicians’ union of the General Directorate of Rehabilitation and Penitentiary Services (DGRSP) calls on the Ministry of Justice (which includes the DGRSP) not […]
The government approves changes to the statutes of 12 professional associations
The approved diploma modifies the statutes of 12 professional associations, adapting them to what is stipulated in the legal regime for the creation, organization and operation of public professional associations. The government approved on Thursday the diploma that modifies the statutes of 12 professional associations, adapting them to what is stipulated in the legal regime […]