Enter your monthly gross salary, your weekly schedule and the hours you worked (or will work) on the public holiday. The legal uplift is 50%; adjust it if your collective agreement sets a higher value.
| Base hourly value (art. 271) | €5.77 |
| Uplift per hour (50%) | +€2.88 |
| One hour worked on the holiday | €8.65 |
| The same 8 hours on a normal day | €46.15 |
| Holiday uplift | +€23.08 |
| Value of the holiday hours (with the uplift) | €69.23 |
| Alternative: compensatory rest (half of 8 h) | 4 h |
The choice between the 50% uplift and compensatory rest of half the hours belongs to the employer (article 269(2) of the Portuguese Labour Code).
Gross values: the holiday uplift pays income tax and Social Security like the rest of the salary.
Estimate for normal work on a public holiday in a company not obliged to close on that day (article 269). If the company must suspend operations on the holiday, the work is overtime, with its own overtime uplifts.
Educational estimate, not advice. The 50% uplift is the general legal minimum and the employer chooses between paying it and giving rest; your collective agreement may set more favourable rules. Always check your payslip.