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Portugal workforce news for employers planning their next hires.

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Asian hotel housekeeper and Portuguese supervisor reviewing room readiness during a shift handover

Sector newsPortugal14 Aug 2026

Portugal’s hotels and guest accommodation kept growing in the second quarter

INE counted 9.4 million guests and 23.3 million overnight stays in the second quarter of 2026. Pay in accommodation also rose year on year. For hotel employers, it is a useful snapshot of a busy sector, not a forecast for any one property.

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Sector newsPortugal12 Aug 2026

Portugal construction output and employment rose again in June

INE reported construction output up 2.0% year on year in June, with employment up 2.1% and remuneration up 7.4%. The release shows continued activity in the sector, but it does not say which trades are hardest to fill.

Labour marketEurope12 Aug 2026

Skills-based hiring can widen the candidate pool, EURES says

EURES says employers can miss capable people when job ads lean too heavily on formal qualifications. Clear skills and day-one requirements make it easier to assess candidates for logistics, manufacturing, hospitality and other shortage sectors.

Worker safetyEurope06 Aug 2026

EU-OSHA marks 15 years of practical online risk-assessment tools

EU-OSHA says small businesses can use OiRA to build risk assessments around their own work. The platform now covers hundreds of sectors, including road transport and construction. Safety preparation belongs in the hiring and onboarding plan.

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Workers arriving for an early shift at a Portuguese logistics and industrial workplace

Labour marketPortugal05 Aug 2026

Portugal unemployment fell to 5.3% in the second quarter

INE put second-quarter unemployment at 5.3%, while employment increased from both the previous quarter and a year earlier. It is a broad labour-market signal, not a measure of how easy a specific vacancy will be to fill.

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Labour marketPortugal16 Jun 2026

Portugal was one of three EU countries where job vacancies increased

Eurostat reported that Portugal’s job-vacancy rate was higher in the first quarter of 2026 than a year earlier, while most EU countries recorded a fall. The figure does not identify individual shortage occupations, but it gives employers useful context.

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