Portugal: in-house vocational internships to be paid

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ion of in-house internships of more than three months will come into force on September 1st. It aims to encourage the integration of young people on the labor market. (Ref. 110495)

New act.
The decree-law which provides for the remuneration of in-house
internships of more than three months was published in June 2011. secretary of State in charge of employment,
Valter Lemos, said, “This new system will encourage the integration of interns,
by acknowledging that interns are equally productiv

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