As from January, workers will have to be 66 years and 3 months old in order to qualify for a pension without suffering any penalties.
Workers who claim their pensions prior to this date can expect to lose around 14 percent of their pension.
The increase in the pension age comes after latest life expectancy figures revealed that Portuguese people are living increasingly longer.
Pension age rises
in News · 01 Dec 2016, 14:28 · 1 Comments
This is absolutely ridicules life expectancy has nothing to do with how long someone is expected to be able to work. So 40 + years is not enough.
By Colin Hardy from Beiras on 02 Dec 2016, 14:56