Main features of the labour policy in Portugal

António Brandão Moniz (1) , Tobias Woll (1)

1 IET - Research Centre on Enterprise and Work Innovation

In this working paper is presented information on the Portuguese labour market developed with the support of the European project WORKS-“Work organisation and restructuring in the knowledge society”. Is still a on the process article and thus commentaries are welcome. The structure is based on the following topics: a) The employment policy (Time regimes - time use, flexibility, part-time work, work-life balance -, and the work contracts regimes – wages, contract types, diversity); b) Education and training (skilling outcomes, rules on retraining and further training, employability schemes, transferability of skills); c) Equal opportunities (relevance of equal opportunity regulation for restructuring outcomes, the role of gender and age regulation); d) Restructuring effects (policy on transfer of personnel, policy on redundancies, and participation or voice in restructuring).

Mots clés: labour market; work organisation; knowledge society; employment policy; Education; gender

Domaines: Economies et finances

António Brandão Moniz, Tobias Woll. Main features of the labour policy in Portugal. 2007. ⟨hal-00287900⟩