trabalho suplementar
Published 8 November 2026, 22:44
trabalho suplementar (overtime)
Work beyond your normal hours. Under Article 268 of the Labour Code it is paid at a premium: on a working day, 25% for the first hour and 37.5% for each hour after that; on a rest day or public holiday, 50% per hour. After a hundred hours of overtime in a year, the rates double: 50% and 75% on working days, and 100% on a rest day or public holiday. This was introduced by the 2023 amendment (Lei n.º 13/2023, Agenda do Trabalho Digno).
Where you come across it. The payslip, working time records, disputes about overtime.
You can claim payment for work that was expressly ordered in advance, or that was carried out in circumstances where the employer could not be expected to object. The hundred hours are counted per calendar year, and after that the premium is twice as high — worth checking against your own records.