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In Portugal you get 6 months where you can fire at will.

• pkaye 11y ago
  What happens later if the company is doing poorly and they need to reduce the workforce?
  • paulojreis 11y ago
    That will depend on how long the game has been rolling, workforce-wise. For permanent employees, there's severance payment when firing someone. The amount depends on how long the employee has been in the company, as well as when the contract was signed (the legislation has changed and doesn't apply retroactively). This means paying the dismissed employee something between 12 to 30 days wages per each full year of service. Bear in mind that the value is capped via multiple factors, e.g. it can't be bigger than X times the minimum wage, it can't be bigger than Y times the monthly wage. However, most contracts are fixed-term: for those, the company simply has to inform the employee that they don't intend to renew. There are also many, many people illegally hired as independent contractors, but working full-time on company premises; those are "fire at will". There are alternatives [1], however: * A collective dismissal procedure; * Dismissal due to the termination of a job position; * Dismissal due to the employee's incapability to adapt. [1] http://us.practicallaw.com/6-503-4030?source=relatedcontent#a708040 http://us.practicallaw.com/6-503-4030?source=relatedcontent#...
  • pt35pt 11y ago
    Still possible but much harder. For the first six months of a permanent contract you can for anyone at any time for no reason.