Portugal Offers Salary of €2,800 in Attempt to Boost Skilled Worker Immigration
The Portuguese government has declared that it would henceforth pay physicians from Brazil a gross salary of €2,863.
The authorities are giving such pay in an attempt to recruit professional employees to the nation amid chronic shortages in the industry. According to Publico, the National Health Service has already begun the process of hiring Brazilian doctors.
The same source stated that the Central Administration of the Health System wishes to recruit doctors from Brazil to serve at healthcare facilities located in areas with the greatest deficit of family doctors.
PORTUGAL WORK- MINISTRY OF HEALTH
According to Portugal News, the country’s Ministry of Health will provide a three-year contract to all Brazilian personnel operating in basic health care.
Furthermore, it was announced that physicians from Brazil will mostly work in the Alentejo and Algarve areas, as well as Lisbon and Vale.
Doctors from Brazil will be required to work 40 hours per week, with the option to “concentrate the work week into four days” under the terms of the contract. They will also be entitled to 22 days of vacation.
GERMANY AND PORTUGAL WORKER IMMIGRATION
Germany, like Portugal, is aiming to increase skilled worker immigration from Brazil.
Germany and Brazil signed a statement on the subject earlier this month. During a visit to Brazil, German Labor Minister Hubertus Heil and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock discussed job potential in Germany for qualified employees from Brazil.
Minister Heil also signed a letter of intent with his Brazilian colleague, Luiz Marinho. By making such a proclamation, German officials stated that they wish to simplify institutions and encourage the immigration of employees from Brazil.
PORTUGAL IMMIGRATION: CONCLUSION
Furthermore, German officials stated that they seek to establish more equitable circumstances for all talented employees from Brazil.
According to the authorities, Germany will primarily focus on drawing more nurses from Brazil, since the healthcare industry is experiencing one of the most severe shortages.
Other sectors in Germany, as well as in some other European Union nations, are also facing shortages in other areas, forcing them to hire foreign workers.
According to recent data from Germany’s Federal Labor Agency, 200 of the 1,200 occupations evaluated last year experienced shortages. Service employment were among the most hit.