Informação: Regional Government creates new measures to promote stability of employment
The Regional Government, through the Vice-Presidency, has created two new measures intended to streamline and effectively implement the internship and socio-professional integration measures made available for companies that closed down or reduced its activities due to health reasons. In this context, the Extraordinary Internship Promotion Measure (MEVE) is created with the goal of intensifying ... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government promotes "I Build My Business" training with a view to creating companies and jobs
The Regional Government, through the Vice-Presidency, promotes another training initiative under the "I Build My Business" project in Ponta Delgada from June 25 to July 31 with the aim of promoting the effective creation of new companies. This project, with a workload of 85 hours, comprises the various stages for the implementation of a business idea, from its emergence to the self-diagnosis of ... Mais >>

Informação: Applications open for Azorean companies to access new 150 million Euro support line for job maintenance
The applications for the Specific COVID-19 Line - Support for Azorean Companies to ensure the access of regional companies to the national lines of credit are already open and may be submitted until December 31 to any banking institution. Created by the Regional Government under the scope of the COVID-19 measures, this new measure further increases the support granted to Azorean companies in acc... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government opens applications for new measure to increase support for maintenance of hired workers in companies
The Regional Government, through the Vice-Presidency, has opened the applications for the Extraordinary Labour Stabilisation Measure (MEET), an additional support created in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic to help Azorean companies maintaining their jobs. This measure, whose regulation was defined by Resolution no.128/2020, aims to increase the support for companies to so that they can ensu... Mais >>

Informação: Government committed to safeguarding income and safety of Azorean workers, says Vasco Cordeiro
The President of the Government received today the delegations of CGTP/Açores (General Union of Workers) and UGT/Açores (General Union of Workers) at a meeting where he guaranteed the priority of safeguarding workers' income and rights in this period of economic activity that has already begun in the Region. "The recovery process of our economy must also be reflected in the income and ... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Labour Inspection with reinforced means and powers to take action in case of unlawful dismissals
The action and powers of the Regional Labour Inspection (IRT) have been reinforced in the labour area, following the implementation of the most recent exceptional and temporary measures in response to the situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This reinforcement of powers came into effect with the publication of Law no.14/2020 of May 9, which confers upon inspection services the power to deter... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government creates support for training of laid off workers
The Regional Government, through the Vice-Presidency, has created another financial support measure for companies with workers attending training courses during the layoff period. The measure, which can be combined with the Regional Layoff Supplement, is intended to create a complementary incentive that enables laid off workers to use this period of reduced business activity to improve their pro... Mais >>

Informação: Salary supplement for regional civil servants to increase 2.35%
The Vice-President of the Regional Government stated that the update of the salary supplement of Regional Public Administration workers with lower salaries will correspond to a percentage increase five times higher than the inflation value registered last year. This update, set at 2.35%, corresponds to five times the value of last year's inflation in the Region (0.47%), as defined in the Region'... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government attentive and available to reinforce and complement support measures for managing partners of micro-enterprises
The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity stated at the Legislative Assembly that the Regional Government is attentive to the needs of micro-enterprises and available to reinforce and complement the support measures for the managing partners of companies with less than 10 workers. Andreia Cardoso, who spoke by video conference, stated that, besides the temporary exemption from the payment of ... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government already supported more than eight thousand workers under layoff scheme
The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity announced at the Legislative Assembly that the Institute for Social Security of the Azores (ISSA) has already processed the payment of 1,287 applications submitted by companies and employers under the layoff scheme, covering a total of 8,697 workers. "The support for the maintenance of jobs under the simplified layoff scheme corresponds to an amount of ... Mais >>