Labor & Taxes

Parental leave will be 150 days: PSD and PS reject clarification on continuous leave

The new 150-day parental leave rules will only apply to leave periods starting on or after 1 January 2027. The PSD and PS parties rejected an amendment that would have allowed these rules to apply to leave periods already in progress.

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If you are currently on parental leave, these new rules will not apply to you; they only affect parents whose leave period begins on or after 1 January 2027.

Público· 8h agoRead original ↗

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Teachers will not receive overtime pay this month

Teachers will not be paid for overtime work this month due to a lack of budget clearance, as schools were informed by email from the Agency for the Management of the Educational System when submitting September payment requests. School directors are concerned the shortfall could lead teachers to stop working overtime, leaving students without classes.

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Union warns of shortage of over 2,000 court officers in Portuguese courts

Portuguese courts are short of more than 2,000 court officers, with some smaller sections operating with only two or three workers, according to the Center Regional Executive Secretary of the Court Officials Union (SFJ). Speaking on 16 October 2026 in Coimbra, union leader Helena Oliveira highlighted that the career has not been reviewed since 2008, and noted that a recruitment competition originally scheduled for April has still not been launched. The situation is further compounded by an aging workforce whose average age is around 50.

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The New UK-Portugal Tax Treaty: What Actually Changed on 29 December 2025

The new double taxation treaty, which entered into force on 29 December 2025, changes tax rules for UK and Portuguese residents. Key updates include the removal of the UK personal allowance for Portuguese residents, which may increase UK tax liability for some, and a broadened definition of pensions under Article 17 that now explicitly covers personal pensions and lump-sum withdrawals as exclusively taxable in Portugal (subject to domestic Portuguese law). The treaty applies to taxes in Portugal from 1 January 2026, and in the UK from 1 January 2026 for taxes withheld at source and 6 April 2026 for income and capital gains tax.

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