O peixe-gato-europeu é uma espécie predadora exótica e invasora com tendência populacional crescente no rio Tejo, pelo que o seu controlo é um objetivo prioritário de forma a mitigar os impactes ambientais que está a provocar nos ecossistemas onde foi introduzida. A valorização alimentar deste peixe dulçaquícola poderá ajudar no aumento do interesse da sua captura por parte dos pescadores, embora uma caracteriz...
De acordo com a FAO (2022), os desafios societários emergentes revelam que a produção de géneros alimentícios terá de aumentar em 60%, até 2050, de modo a satisfazer as necessidades nutricionais de uma população superior a 9 mil milhões de habitantes. É necessário minimizar o desperdício alimentar, incrementar a produção de géneros alimentícios saudáveis e sustentáveis, com enfoque na preservação dos ecossistem...
The recent Act no. 13/2023 (the so-called “Decent Work Agenda”) introduced several changes to the Portuguese Labour Code, and, among other things, it expressly allowed, for the first time in the Portuguese legal scene, the collective representation of autonomous workers (who are economically dependent). However, the terms in which this was achieved are dubious and may entail a different framing of the tradition...
Like in many other countries, the COVID-19 pandemic provoked the implementation of several measures in the Portuguese labour regime in order to adjust this new reality and its aftermath. This Article provides an overview of such actions, namely the suspension of employment contracts, the admissibility of absences from work due to COVID-related reasons, the mandatory telework, the new powers of the Portuguese La...
This article discusses the main changes introduced to the Portuguese labour market following the adoption of the Memorandum of Understanding of 2011. The intent behind the Memorandum's demands was to reduce the costs related to employment contracts, to expand both internal and external flexibility, and to relaunch collective bargaining under a new and more decentralised framework. However, several measures ende...
The present article deals with the issue of collective bargaining vis-à-vis multinational companies and their supply chains. In fact, the national propensity of collective bargaining places this phenomenon at odds with the transnational character of those companies. And even though their supply chains foster economic growth and job creation, it is also true that, particularly in developing nations, they often f...
This article addresses not only Portugal’s position vis-à-vis the NGEU, but also the contents of the national Recovery and Resilience Plan and its assessment by the European Commission and the Council. It provides an overview of its most significant measures with regard to social and employment policies, as well as the plan’s stance regarding the European Pillar of Social Rights, the 2019, 2020, and 2022 Countr...