Cálculo da compensação por despedimento em Portugal: 14 dias por ano e regime transitório
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 18 Oct 2026.No despedimento coletivo, na extinção do posto de trabalho ou por inadaptação, a compensação é de 14 dias de retribuição base e diuturnidades por ano completo desde 1 de maio de 2023 (Lei 13/2023). O tempo anterior conta a 12 dias, e os contratos mais antigos têm regras próprias: 30 dias até outubro de 2012 e 20 dias até setembro de 2013. O total não passa de 12 meses de retribuição.
2026 · Rates and rules read from the sources listed on this page (the earliest on 18 Oct 2026); they may have changed since.
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This calculator works out the compensação of article 366.º of the Código do Trabalho, due on a collective dismissal, the extinction of a job or dismissal for unsuitability, for a contract without a term that ends in 2026.
The rule today. Since 1 May 2023 (Lei 13/2023) each complete year of seniority is worth 14 days of base pay and diuturnidades, a part of a year in proportion, and a day is one thirtieth of the monthly pay. The time before keeps the rules of Lei 69/2013: 12 days a year from October 2013. The 14 days apply to older contracts too, as article 35.º n.º 2 of Lei 13/2023 makes no exception.
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Compensation under article 366.º of the Labour Code is 14 days of base pay and diuturnidades per complete year of seniority since 1 May 2023, and 12 days per year for the time before, from October 2013. A part of a year counts in proportion, and one day is the monthly pay divided by 30.
Yes. The monthly pay counted is at most 20 minimum wages, 18 400 euros in 2026, and the total is at most 12 months of the worker's pay, or 240 minimum wages, 220 800 euros, when the pay cap applies. Contracts from before November 2011 can keep a larger amount earned up to October 2012.
Lei 69/2013 keeps one month of pay per year up to 31 October 2012, 20 days a year up to 30 September 2013, then 18 or 12 days, and guarantees at least 3 months of pay in all. Contracts signed between November 2011 and September 2013 get 20 days a year up to September 2013.
No. Lei 13/2023 raised the compensation to 14 days only for the time worked from 1 May 2023, its date in force. Years before that keep the earlier rates, so most current contracts mix 12 days and 14 days a year, which the calculator splits.
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