Work and unemployment in Portugal

Work in Portugal

Working in Portugal is similar to having a job in England for example the shifts in Portugal tend to be 9am till 6pm Mondays to Friday this is your average work week. “The current minimum wage in Portugal is €740.80 per month (£646), which works out at €8,889.60 per year (£7,750).” The minimum wage in Portugal is based on a salary per month calculation. In 2019, employees on minimum wage who are paid 12 times a year can expect an hourly salary of €4.38." This is based on a 40-hour working week and is for adults over the age of 18. 

Source: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/working-abroad/work-in-portugal

Website Updated 3 December 2020 assessed 13/10/21

Reliability: a job finding website with open opportunities and statistics on most jobs and useful skills needed and appreciated in Portugal.

Work in Portugal is often agricultural based and often self sustained, however Portugal has a high popularity for tourism and the hospitality sectors, and as of recent tech related jobs and IT are on the rise with call center work always available.

It is illegal by Portuguese law for a boss to call or text their employee after work or on a day off. 

Skills shortage in Portugal with incentive to move and work abroad. Communications (mainly call center managers), IT, Healthcare (doctors and nurses), Hospitality (hotel and catering staff) and Tourism being at the forefront of Portugal’s goals.

Unemployment rate. The average unemployment rate from the past 6 months has been 6.7%. this figure has gone down since February of 2013, where it reached a high of 18.1% unemployment. During the Covid pandemic unemployment rate didn’t seen to make a sky rocket like it did in most of Europe such as England Italy and Spain. It actually seemed to boost the economy due to people holidaying to more rural areas to avoid the risk of Covid 19 from heavily populated areas.

Source: https://countryeconomy.com/unemployment/portugal?sc=LAB-

Last updated September 2021. Assessed 25-11-21

Reliability: This website shares statistics about employment and unemployment in most countries globally. The data on the website is secondary data from official government websites of that country shared in one website to compare and contrast differences between two or more countries. 


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