Mercadona has inaugurated another supermarket in Portugal, located in Vale Sepal, Leiria district. Additionally, the company announced a new opening in São Gens, Matosinhos, on October 9.
“Mercadona will open in Vale Sepal, Leiria, at Avenida Francisco Rodrigues Lobo nº 132, on September 11. This new opening marks a significant step in strengthening Mercadona’s presence in the municipality, getting even closer to the ‘Chefes’ (customers),” stated the Spanish supermarket chain.
The company disclosed that “this new supermarket will create approximately 90 new stable and quality jobs, with permanent contracts from day one, thus contributing to local job creation.”
If you own a car and are used to paying the Single Circulation Tax (IUC) during the vehicle’s birthday month, note that from next year, the payment schedule will change and will be conducted in February.
“In 2026, the IUC will be due by the end of February if the amount is up to 100 euros. For higher charges, payment can be split into two installments, one in February and another in October,” recalled DECO PROTeste on Thursday.
For the rest of this year, “the rule remains that after the first year of registration, the IUC must be paid annually by the last day of the vehicle’s registration month.”
More than a million students begin returning to school this Thursday for the new academic year. Did you know that parents can take time off work to visit their children’s school? These rules are outlined in the Labor Code.
“Did you know that working parents can be absent for up to four hours per term, for each minor child, to go to school and understand their educational situation?” reads a post shared by the Labor Conditions Authority (ACT) on Instagram.
According to ACT, “these absences are justified and do not entail any pay loss.”
Savings Certificates are once again yielding above 2% this month. According to information available on the Treasury and Debt Management Agency (IGCP) website, the rate for September stands at 2.028%.
“The gross interest rate for new subscriptions of Savings Certificates, Series F, in September 2025 was set at 2.028%,” as stated on the IGCP website. In August, the rate was slightly below 2%.
The Government’s preliminary draft for revising labor legislation, which begins discussions with social partners on Wednesday, proposes revising “over a hundred” articles of the Labor Code.
The changes outlined in the proposal – dubbed “Work XXI” and presented by the Government on July 24 as a “profound” labor law revision – cover areas from parental leave (with changes to parental, breastfeeding, and gestational mourning leaves) to flexible working, company training, or the probationary period of employment contracts, and also foresee an expansion of sectors required to maintain minimum services during strikes.
At the press conference following the Council of Ministers on July 24, when the reform’s preliminary draft was approved, the Minister of Labor, Solidarity, and Social Security stated that the aim is to relax “very rigid” labor regimes to enhance the “competitiveness of the economy and promote company productivity.”
