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 âŹ14.7 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 âaccidents at workâ
Portugalâs Ombudsman Maria LĂșcia 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 âŹ1.29 billion from foreign taxpayers during pandemic
2021 saw immigrants and expats make up 10.1% of Portugalâs taxpayers In the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 Social Security pocketed a total of âŹ1.29 billion from foreign taxpayers.
Social security system hack: investigation ongoing
Portugalâs department of Social Security has confirmed that an investigation is ongoing into an âintentional and malicious intrusionâ 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 Portugalâs 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
âNever before has Social Security seized so many bank accountsâ
âNever before has Social Security seized so many bank accountsâ clawing back money owed. Using this sentence as its headline, DiĂĄrio de NotĂcias has been limited to figures from 2011
SetĂșbal 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 SetĂșbalâs Social Security office on Monday morning and set about âbreaking everythingâ. Windows, computers and
Social Security corruption scandal: defendants bailed
âOperação Areeiroâ 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 âSocial Security declarationsâ scandal. As many as 80 police attached to the countryâs anti-corruption unit swooped on offices up and