The number of workers actually dismissed in collective dismissal processes increased by 16.4% up to October compared to the same period last year, totaling 5,774, surpassing the total for the whole of last year, according to data released by DGERT.
In the first ten months of this year, there were 5,925 people affected by collective dismissals, of which 5,774 were actually fired, reveal the latest data from the Directorate-General for Employment and Labor Relations (DGERT).
This value exceeds the total number of workers actually laid off last year, when it stood at 5,758.
The number of workers covered by collective dismissals has been increasing since 2023, and it is necessary to go back to 2020 to find such a high value.
The number of collective layoffs reported by companies to the Ministry of Labor also rose 15.2% until October, compared to the same period in 2024, to 471.
Similar to what happens with the number of workers covered, the number of collective redundancies reported has been increasing since 2023 and the value recorded in these first ten months continues to be the highest since 2020, a period in which it reached 584 in the period under analysis.
Of the 471 collective redundancies reported, the majority continue to concern small and micro-enterprises, representing 39.5% and 34.6%, according to Lusa’s calculations based on DGERT data.
By regions, the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region leads, with 227 collective redundancies until October, followed by the North, with 144.
With regard specifically to the month of October, 362 workers were effectively laid off, a figure lower than the 486 registered in the same period last year, but higher than the 200 registered in September.
Of the 362 workers actually laid off in October, the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region led (37% of the total) with 134 workers actually laid off.
Manufacturing industries, wholesale and retail trade and telecommunications, computer programming, consultancy, computing infrastructure and other information services activities are the activities with the highest number of workers laid off in October, with the reduction in the number of workers being the main reason cited, globally.