Publications - Labor and Employment
Portugal - New employment financial support: hiring award and payment of contributions in the context of the new government measure 'Sustainable Employment Commitment'
It was published in the Official Gazette Ordinance no. 38/2022, of January 17, which sets out the new 'Sustainable Employment Commitment' measure. In essence, this regulation awards employers economically for entering into open-…
Portugal: New rules on working hours and recording of working time in road transport approved
It was published in the Official Gazette Ordinance no. 7/2022, of January 4, accommodating in a single instrument the rules on how employers should disclose the working schedule and record the respective working times.
Increase of justified days of absences due to the passing of a family member
It was published in the Official Gazette the Law no. 1/2022, January 3, increasing the number of days an employee may be absent from work due to the passing of a family member and enabling employees to receive psychological support.
Spain: New features from the Royal-Decree Law on urgent measures for labor reform, the guarantee of employment stability and the transformation of the labor market
Following the announcement of the labor reform agreement, the BOE published the text that, among other things, modifies the type of contracts, establishes new flexibility mechanisms and reintroduces the ultra-activity of collective bargaining…
Measures for financial and social sustainability of public pensions system approved
The measures cover key elements such as pension revaluation, early retirement, promotion of active ageing, widow’s pension benefit, mandatory retirement and a 0.6% increase in contributions to preserve the balance among generations.
These are the labour novelties of the General State Budget Law for 2022
The Budget Law contains a number of labor and employment provisions, including the contribution bases and rates for 2022, changes to the cap on pension plan contributions, to the legal rate of interest for money and to the public multi-purpose…
Portugal: Unemployment and termination of activity subsidies increase
Decree-Law no. 119/2021, was published in Official Gazette, increasing the minimum amount of unemployment subsidy (employees) and establishing the enhancement of this subsidy, as well as of the subsidy for termination of activity (economically…
Portugal: Exeptional aid for family is extended for the period between 27 and 31 December, 2021
Decree-Law no. 119-B/2021, of December 23 was published in the Official Gazette, extending the granting period of the exceptional aid for family due to the suspension of in-person curricular and non-curricular activities to the period between…
Spanish government announces agreement for the labor reform
Confirmation of agreement between main industrial relations actors for what has been called a "major structural reform of the labor market".
Portugal: retirement age decreases to 66 years and 4 months in 2023
Ordinance no. 307/2021, of December 17th, was published in Official Gazette, decreasing the standard age to access retirement pension in the Portuguese general social security system to 66 years and 4 months in 2023.
Portugal: Exceptional regime of reorganization of the workplace and reactivation of the exceptional aid for family
It was published in Official Gazette the Council of Ministers’ Resolution no. 157/2021, which sets forth the state of calamity throughout mainland Portugal until 11:59 p.m. of March 20th,2022 and reinstates a regime of adaptation of the…
Portugal: Update of indexing reference for social support
It was published in the Official Gazette the Ordinance no. 294/2021, December 13th, setting the Indexing Reference for Social Support for the year of 2022 in € 443.20.