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I follow portuguese news daily and I'm not aware of any change to labour laws lately.

The last one was more than 1 year ago and related to the Right to Switch-off which brought more clarity to labour  laws already in force.

Basically is says: employers In Portugal do not have the right to contact employees outside their contracted working hours, either by phone, email, e-message or any other means. and employees can ignore such contacts, unless of course both parties previously agreed, in writing, in the employment contract.

This was meant to curb some bad habits developed during the Covid lockdowns, when employers & managers started contacting their employees at all hours, with no switch-off.

No, no, no! The employee has a right to private life outside work hours.

Any employer breaking this rule, may find themselves in BIG trouble.

Another law (not new either) is that domestic workers that are paid cash-in-hand by their employer can register themselves and their work with the Social Security & Tax Office and the employer will have to pay tax & social security on top of the cash-in-hand payments, which the law always  considers net of tax.