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On the menu : Portuguese parliamentary deputies reject lower employers’ contributions, starting salaries fall in the face of rising unemployment in Brazil, UK government called on to out an end to sexist dress codes at work.
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25 January 2017 à 15h48

Updated on 26 January 2017 à 16h00

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Publication: 25 January 2017 à 15h48, Updated on 26 January 2017 à 16h00

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Portugal : parliamentary deputies reject lower employers’ contributions

Portugal’s deputies have refused to allow lower employer social contributions that had been tabled as a counterbalance to raising the minimum monthly wage from €530 to €557 (c.f. article No. 10003). A draft law had intended to lower employers contributions (TSU) by 1.25% to compensate for the €27 gross rise in the country’s minimum monthly wage. The lower TSU was meant to come into effect on 01 February 2017 but will not now

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