Severance Pay Calculator Portugal 2026

Portugal pays compensação por despedimento at 14 days of base pay and seniority allowances per full year of service, but two statutory ceilings — one on the reference salary and one on the total — can cut the result sharply for higher earners.

Rate
14 days / year
Reference pay cap
€18,400 / month
Absolute cap
€220,800
Notice from 10 years
75 days

Article 366.º of the Código do Trabalho fixes the rate at 14 days of base pay per full year of service. The reference monthly pay used in the formula is capped at 20 times the national minimum wage, that is €18,400 per month in 2026, and the total payment can never exceed 12 times that reference pay nor €220,800 in absolute terms.

Notice is tenure-banded under Article 363.º: 15 days below one year of service, 30 days from one year, 60 days from five years and 75 days from ten years. Failure to observe it converts directly into pay in lieu.

Portuguese law distinguishes sharply between dismissal grounds. Collective dismissal and extinction of the post (extinção do posto de trabalho) attract the Article 366.º compensation; dismissal for just cause (justa causa) attracts none; and an unfair dismissal declared by a court entitles the employee to reinstatement or to compensation of 15 to 45 days per year of service, set by the judge.

With the 2026 national minimum wage at €920 per month, the reference-pay ceiling only binds for employees earning above €18,400 monthly — but the 12-month total cap binds much earlier and is the reason long-tenured Portuguese employees rarely see payouts that scale linearly with service.

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12 Deeg/Joer (Art. 366.º CT)

Zënter 1. Oktober 2013: 12 Deeg Basisloun pro vollt Joer (Art. 366.º CT). Referenzloun limitéiert op 20× de Mindestloun (18.400 € am 2026); am Ganzen op 12 Méintsléin oder 240× de Mindestloun. De fréiere Minimum vun 3 Méint gouf 2012 ofgeschaaft.

Wäerter ze kréien
Ofstännegkeet70 Deeg
€3,500.00
Kënnegungsfrist60 Deeg
€3,000.00
Proportionale Congé~14.7 Deeg
€733.33
Proportional BonussenChrëschtdag/Congé
€1,000.00
GESCHÄTZTEN TOTAL:€8,233.33

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