Summary
Law no. 7/2009 was passed in Portugal to revise the Labor Code in order to improve the regulation of working conditions and relations between employers and employees. The main changes included increasing the minimum wage, establishing a minimum period of notice for termination of employment contracts, extending the scope of collective bargaining agreements, and improving the rights of part-time and temporary workers. The law also aimed to enhance protection for workers in cases of dismissal, redundancy, and collective dismissal, and introduced new measures to ensure equal treatment of employees regardless of their gender, age, or nationality.