Unemployed young people, under 30 years old, who find work will be able to accumulate up to 35% of the monthly value of the unemployment allowance with the salary. The measure comes into force on Wednesday.
This is “an exceptional measure of encouraging work to work”, intended for young people under the age of 30 ”, who are registered as unemployed at the Institute of Employment and Vocational Training (IEFP) and who receive unemployment allowance.
Thus, if they conclude a contract after the entry into force of this Ordinance, the beneficiaries may receive a Support corresponding to 35% of the monthly amount of the unemployment allowance in the case “to conclude an end -term employment contract”.
Or, as can read in a decree published in Diário da República, this Tuesday, can receive a Support corresponding to 25% of the monthly amount of the unemployment allowance, “in case of conclusion of an employment contract or an uncertain term employment contract”.
The purposes of this support are the young people who have entered into a “full -time” contract after the entry into force of this Ordinance are eligible “With a duration of six months or more” and whose contract “be celebrated with entities that have registered activity in Portugal Continental, and since comply with Portuguese labor legislation ”.
“For the purposes of calculating the financial support to be granted, the daily amount of unemployment granted to the date of the end of the employment contract must be considered,” adds the diploma signed by the Deputy and Labor Secretary of State, Adriano Rafael Sousa Moreiraalso indicating that recipients “can only benefit from this support once.
To have access to this support, the Recipients must make an application on the IEFP ‘website’ “within a maximum of 30 consecutive days from the date of starting the contract“, Being registered with the respective portal, having a“ bank account in its own name ”,“ not being in a situation of non -compliance with regard to the tax situation regularized before, respectively, the tax administration and social security ”, as well as not to be in breach of the supports attributed by the institute.
“Applications are approved by order of entry, up to the limit of the budget allocation attributed to the measure,” says the ordinance, also referring that the IEFP has 10 business days to approve or not the support, after the presentation of the respective application.
Objective is to reduce young unemployment
According to the government, the objective of this measure aims to simultaneously “Promote professional reintegration, reduce the average duration of unemployment, improve placement rates and contribute to the rationalization of public expense with social benefits”..
This measure It comes into force on Wednesday and in force until June 30, 2026.
The work market in Portugal has been at levels near full employment, with the unemployment rate to retreat to 6.1% in August, compared to the same month of 2024, according to the latest data released by INE.
However, the young unemploymentdespite having retreating in recent months, has been in high levels.
The youth unemployment rate registered in June and August 2025 the lowest value – 18.9% – since June 2023 (18.5%).
