Covilhã City Council
ULS Cova da Beira – Pêro da Covilhã Hospital
According to the administration of Hospital da Cova da Beira, the contract was null and void because there had been no competition.
One of directors of the Local Health Unit (ULS) of Cova da Beira has been receiving a senior technician salary since 2015.
He joined ULS in February 2000, at the time he was senior technician intern. It became Director of Communication, Marketing and Events Service in November 2015, more than 10 years ago.
He thus took up a position as second grade intermediate direction – but continued to receive maturity equivalent to second class superior technique.
Em 2023, complained about the salary difference missing. But the hospital administration claimed that, officially, the worker was not a director because there was no competition; and also added that the employee received additional exemption from working hours – which excluded the management position.
The reports that the Covilhã Labor Court and the Coimbra Court of Appeal rejected the worker’s demands.
However, the director appealed and took the case to the Supreme Court of Justice – which ordered ULS of Cova da Beira to pay around 118 thousand euros.
The amount includes R$ 102 thousand – salary difference in arrears since November 6, 2015 – and also R$ 16 thousand in late payment interest since the due date of each of the credits.
The court writes that it is “clear” that the worker is in fact managing the Communication, Marketing and Events service or department. Furthermore, the hospital should have handled the formalities for the contract, but never moved forward.
