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Thousands of taxpayers who, following a medical reassessment, saw their degree of disability fall below 60% lost, from one year to the next, the personal income tax benefit to which they had previously been entitled. Case law from the higher courts, the 2024 State Budget and the Portuguese Tax...

Law No. 34/2026 was published on 27 July 2026, introducing amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Criminal Code and the Procedural Costs Regulation. The Law, which entered into force on 1 September 2026, introduces significant changes to various stages and aspects of criminal...

Félix Bernardo , Head of our Employment and Social Security practice, is the author of the article "Dismissing an Employee: What Evidence Should an Employer Gather Before Proceeding?" , published in PME Magazine . In the article, she examines one of the most sensitive issues in employment ...

An inspection by the Portuguese Authority for Working Conditions (Autoridade para as Condições do Trabalho – ACT) does not begin when an inspector arrives at the company or when a request for documentation is received. In reality, it begins much earlier—with the way the company manages its emplo...

On 16 April, the Government submitted Bill No. 69/XVII/1 to the Portuguese Parliament, following its approval by the Council of Ministers on 27 March. Through this proposal, the Government aims to introduce a significant reform of the Portuguese succession law framework, with particular emphasis on...

On 3 May 2026, the President of the Republic, António José Seguro, promulgated Parliamentary Decree No. 48/XVII, amending Law No. 37/81 of 3 October (the Portuguese Nationality Law). The amendments entered into force on 19 May 2026 and introduced significant changes to the legal framework g...

In matters of dismissal, the problem is not always the lack of grounds. More often, it is the lack of documentation. In practice, a company may be convinced that it has valid reasons to dismiss an employee and yet see its decision weakened because it failed to document the facts, structure the...

Pay transparency is expected to become an increasingly important aspect of corporate governance in the coming years. Directive (EU) 2023/970, adopted in 2023, strengthens the mechanisms designed to ensure the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between women and men. EU...