Employee Guide for Portugal

👋 Welcome to Toku. Toku is your Employer of Record (EOR) in Portugal. We employ you through the appropriate local Toku entity and manage the compliance, HR, payroll, and benefits administration connected to your employment. Your day-to-day work, goals, and role direction continue to come from the organization you support.

Your employment at a glance

📄 Your signed employment agreement governs your individual terms, including pay, working hours, probation, notice, and any custom arrangements. Mandatory local law also applies. If this guide and your agreement appear different, contact Toku before relying on the summary.

Pay schedule and payroll changes

You are normally paid monthly, on the last business day of the month. The standard monthly cutoff for payroll changes is generally the 10th, but the exact cutoff can vary by country and organization. Check the Toku: 2026 and 2027 Payroll Calendar and Deadlines or contact Toku before relying on a specific date.

You will receive a payslip for each payroll cycle showing your gross pay, required deductions, and net pay. Keep your bank, tax, and personal information current in Toku, and notify us promptly if anything changes.

Your employment terms and probation

• Toku issues a compliant local employment agreement for every hire.
• The indefinite-term (permanent) contract is the default. Fixed-term contracts are only allowed for genuinely temporary needs, capped at two years and three renewals.
• Probation under Toku's employment agreement is 90 days, which is the general statutory period for most employees (Portuguese law allows up to 180 days for positions of special trust or complexity and 240 days for senior executives).
• During probation, either party can end the contract without cause; after 60 days of probation the employer owes 7 days' notice, and after 120 days, 30 days' notice.

Working hours and overtime

Your normal working hours are stated in your signed employment agreement and may vary by role, schedule, or applicable collective agreement. Toku does not expect routine overtime. Do not work overtime or additional hours unless your manager has approved them in advance. Any overtime or additional-hours treatment follows your signed agreement and mandatory local law.

Leave entitlements

Sick pay and parental leave are funded by Social Security rather than the employer, so their direct cost to you is limited. Annual leave accrues based on the prior calendar year (2 days per month up to 20 days in the year of hire) and cannot be paid out in cash except on termination.

ℹ️ Your employment agreement, Toku HRIS leave balance, and applicable local rules determine your exact entitlement. Contact Toku if the information shown in your account does not match your agreement or this guide.

Public holidays in 2026

Portugal observes 13 national public holidays in 2026, and each municipality typically adds one local holiday.

Employees who work on a public holiday are typically entitled to compensatory time off or 150% pay.

Statutory benefits

Statutory : social security coverage for pensions, disability, unemployment, sickness, and parental benefits, public healthcare through the National Health Service, mandatory work accident insurance, and a minimum of 40 hours of professional training per year.

Additional Toku benefits

Toku maintains a dedicated benefits guide for Portugal. Review 🇵🇹 Hiring in Portugal for current coverage, eligibility, enrollment, and support information. The benefits guide is the source of truth for Toku-provided supplemental benefits in this country.

Stablecoin payroll and token grants

Where permitted by local law and enabled for your organization, Toku can support token grant administration and allow you to elect to receive a portion of your net pay in stablecoins. Availability depends on your country, your organization's program, and your individual compensation arrangements. These options are not guaranteed components of every employment package.

If stablecoin payroll is available to you, see Toku: Stablecoin Payroll Set Up. For token grant questions, use the Toku: Contact our Team for Support! to reach the Token Grant Administration team.

Annual tax documents

Your annual income and withholding statement (declaração de rendimentos) will be uploaded to Toku Documents by 20 January following the calendar year, subject to any official deadline adjustment. It summarizes employment income and tax withheld. This employer deadline is separate from the later period for filing your own IRS return. Portuguese tax authority: CIRS Article 119(1)(b).

Leaving Toku: resigning

Give Toku formal notice

Send your resignation letter to Toku, your legal employer, by uploading it to Documents in your Toku account or emailing customer-success@toku.com. Also notify your manager. Include your proposed final working day and follow the notice period in your employment agreement and any mandatory local formalities.

Your offboarding documents

Toku sends your formal offboarding/termination documentation through DocuSign and uploads it to your Toku Documents. Review it for your confirmed end date, applicable terms and final-pay arrangements. Toku does not send a separate personalized general offboarding email. Mandatory local certificates may arrive separately from Toku or the local payroll provider, and any required original-document process still applies.

Toku provides a certificado de trabalho by your employment end date, stating your employment dates and the position or positions held. This is a factual work certificate, rather than a recommendation letter. Toku and its local payroll provider also arrange the applicable Social Security exit records and unemployment declaration; official-purpose documents can be requested from us. An unemployment declaration records how employment ended and does not mean a voluntary resignation qualifies for unemployment payments. Labour Code Article 341.

Benefits after leaving

Your benefits are managed by external insurers and providers. Check their emails and member portal or app for coverage-status updates and any action required. Contact the relevant provider directly to confirm your exact coverage end date, any continuation or conversion options, and deadlines; do not assume every provider will send a separate cancellation email. Pension contributions and associated insurance may change when you leave, but leaving does not automatically cancel your pension savings. Review the benefits guide for the plans relevant to you.

Access and support after you leave

You will continue to have access to your Toku account and documents after your employment ends, including tax documents issued later. For help updating your email address, password or 2FA, or for anything unclear in your offboarding documents, email customer-success@toku.com.

How to get help

Toku is your employer and your first point of contact for employment support. For payroll, payslips, statutory deductions, or payroll tax documents, email payroll@toku.com. For benefits support, email benefits@toku.com. For leave, employment documents, immigration, or other employment matters, use Toku: Contact our Team for Support! to reach the right team.

Important

This guide is a general summary and does not replace your signed employment agreement, Toku policies, benefit plan documents, or applicable law. Your exact entitlements may vary based on your work location, tenure, role, collective agreement, or individual terms. Where there is a conflict, the applicable law and binding employment documents control.

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Last reviewed September 2026. Source: 🇵🇹 Hiring in Portugal.