Portugal
Posting Employees to Portugal – What You Need to Know
Posting Employees to Portugal – What You Need to Know
Whenever you assign employees to work abroad, obtaining an A1 certificate is essential.
This certificate confirms that the employee remains covered by the Danish social security system during their stay abroad — including access to benefits such as parental leave, unemployment insurance, and sick pay.
What Is the Posted Workers Directive (PWD)?
Portugal is a member of the EU, and the rules of the Posted Workers Directive (PWD) fully apply.
If you are posting employees to Portugal, you must assess whether the assignment requires registration under the PWD.
This EU directive ensures that posted workers are granted a core set of employment rights in the host country — in this case, Portugal.
The purpose of the PWD is to promote fair competition while safeguarding labour standards and employee rights across borders.
Note: All information must be submitted to one specific email address.
Posted Worker in Portugal – ACT portal
Regulations for foreign workers in Portugal
Through PWD registration, employees posted to Portugal are guaranteed:
- Minimum wage and overtime pay in accordance with Portuguese labour law
- Regulations on working hours, breaks, and rest periods
- Entitlement to paid holidays and public holidays
Before anything else, you need to determine whether your company is registered in Portugal, as this will affect whether a registration under the Posted Workers Directive (PWD) is required for your employee.
What and how?
In most cases, a Posting Declaration must be submitted. The type of declaration depends on whether the posting is assessed as involving temporary agency workers or requires a mandatory posting notification.
The declaration must be submitted to ACT (Autoridade para as Condições do Trabalho), the Portuguese authority responsible for labour conditions.
When declaring a posting to Portugal, you must provide the following details:
- The identity of the service provider (your company)
- The number and identity of the posted workers
- The identification of the local contact person in Portugal