The latest monthly report on collective dismissals by DGERT reveals that in July, 794 workers were involved in collective dismissal processes, with 781 being effectively dismissed.
Aside from 2020, marked by the COVID-19 pandemic when the monthly total of effectively dismissed workers reached 1,036, this is the highest number since 2015, when 1,020 individuals were dismissed.
Of the 781 workers dismissed in July, 68% were men and 32% women, with the majority (340) employed in consulting, scientific, technical, and similar activities, followed by the manufacturing industries (285).
In July, 43 companies opted for collective dismissals: 21 micro-enterprises, 15 small enterprises, five medium-sized, and two large companies.
Medium-sized enterprises, however, led in terms of the number of workers dismissed (313, 40% of the total), followed by large companies (219 workers, 28% of the monthly total), small enterprises (176, 23%), and micro-enterprises (73, 9%).
More than half (53%) of the collective dismissal procedures were based on personnel reduction, with the closure of one or several activities sections accounting for 29% and the definitive closure of the company justifying 18% of cases.
Regionally, Lisbon and Vale do Tejo led with 81% of the dismissed workers, totaling 633 people, followed by the North (12%, 91 workers), the Center (6%, 46), the Algarve (1%, eight), and the Alentejo (0.4%, three).
There were 44 collective dismissal processes communicated by companies to the Ministry of Labor, mainly in Lisbon and Vale do Tejo (64%) and the North (20%), with small companies accounting for 45% of the total, followed by micro-enterprises with 32%, medium-sized companies with 14%, and large companies with 9% of cases.
Considering the number of processes communicated in July, the manufacturing industries led with 25% of the total, closely followed by wholesale and retail trade (23%). Consulting, scientific, technical activities, and telecommunications, programming, IT, computing infrastructure and other information services activities shared third place, each with 14%.
From January to July, the number of workers involved in collective dismissals increased by 30.3% compared to the same period in 2024, totaling 4,688, according to Lusa calculations based on DGERT data.
Of these 4,688 workers, 4,578 were effectively dismissed by July.
The number of workers covered by collective dismissals has been increasing since 2022, with the first seven months of this year already more than double those recorded in the same period of 2023 (which were 2,140).
The number of collective dismissals communicated by companies to the Ministry of Labor rose by 13.3% by July compared to the same period in 2024, reaching 332.
According to DGERT’s data analysis, the number of communicated collective dismissals has been rising since 2023, with the figure recorded in the first seven months of 2025 being the highest since 2020, when it reached 420 companies.
Out of these 332 collective dismissals communicated by July, the majority concern small and micro-enterprises, representing 38.6% and 36.1% of the total, respectively, according to Lusa calculations based on DGERT data.
Regionally, Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, and the North continue to be the regions with the highest number of collective dismissals communicated until July, with 166 and 100 respectively.
