Littler (JD Supra Portugal)

Minimum Monthly Wage for 2020 - New Legislation Enacted - On November 21, 2019, the official gazette published Decree-Law No. 167/2019, which increased the minimum monthly wage to € 635,00, effective January 1, 2020.

The Decree-law no. 108/2019, of August 13, published in Diário da República, introduced amendments to the Retirement Statute and created the new early retirement scheme. This decree-law reviews the early retirement scheme of the General Pension Fund’s (CGA) subscribers, bringing it closer to the general social security scheme.

The Creation of the Contract-Generation Measure Introduces New Incentives for Hiring - New Legislation Enacted - On April 12, 2019, Decree no. 112-A/2019 was published on the official gazette (Diário da República), to regulate the creation and implementation of the Contract-Generation measure, which provides financial incentives to companies that hire for long-term employment young...

On January 17, 2019, the official gazette published Ordinance No. 23/2019, which increased the work accident pensions for 2019 by 1.60%. Such increase has a retroactive effect, from January 1, 2019, onwards.

New Rules on the Retirement Fund Certificates - New Legislation Enacted - By Decree-Law no. 82/2018 of October 16, 2018, and effective November 1, 2018, employers may contribute to employees’ Retirement Fund Certificates, as long as the employees have registered with the Public Capitalization Regime (PCR).

Implications of the EU’s GDPR on Employment Contracts - New Legislation Enacted - The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/679, of April 27, 2016, entered into force on May 25, 2018.

State Budget Law 42/2016 of December 28, 2017 - Enacted Legislation - Effective January 1, 2017, State Budget Law for 2017 introduced various modifications to the labor law landscape, which have had an immediate impact on the daily management of private companies, including...