Strike by Civil Service Technical Assistants affects services across country
The service centre at the Social Security headquarters in Lisbon is closed today due to the strike by technical assistants, which is also affecting consultation and examination services at the
Court of Auditors warns of looming €14.7 billion pensions black hole
For all the talk of how much immigration has helped bolster the coffers of Social Security, the reality is that everyone who pays into social security will expect a pension
Ombudsman pushes for update of compensation due for ‘accidents at work’
Portugal’s Ombudsman Maria Lúcia Amaral has said today that it is urgent to update the calculation of compensation awarded to workers who are victims of accidents at work or occupational
Ouch! Social Security pockets €1.29 billion from foreign taxpayers during pandemic
2021 saw immigrants and expats make up 10.1% of Portugal’s taxpayers In the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 Social Security pocketed a total of €1.29 billion from foreign taxpayers.
Social security system hack: investigation ongoing
Portugal’s department of Social Security has confirmed that an investigation is ongoing into an “intentional and malicious intrusion” into the system that took place (no-one can be sure quite when),
Census data highlights Portugal’s “problem of all problems”, warns TV pundit
The first results of Portugal’s recent census show that the country has lost 214,286 citizens since 2011.This may not sound like a great deal, but for a country that has
“Never before has Social Security seized so many bank accounts”
“Never before has Social Security seized so many bank accounts” clawing back money owed. Using this sentence as its headline, Diário de Notícias has been limited to figures from 2011
Setúbal Social Security offices attacked by man waiting for his monthly allowance
In apparent protest to the delay in processing his monthly allowance, a 45-year-old man entered Setúbal’s Social Security office on Monday morning and set about “breaking everything”. Windows, computers and
Social Security corruption scandal: defendants bailed
“Operação Areeiro” now sees four defendants out on bail and suspended from their duties. The scandal – centring on the falsification of Social Security declarations – saw as many as
Three more arrests in Social Security corruption scandal
Three more people have now been arrested in the latest “Social Security declarations” scandal. As many as 80 police attached to the country’s anti-corruption unit swooped on offices up and