Home » Industrial relations » National industrial relations » Portugal: pre-agreement on working time at the Palmela Volkswagen plant Portugal: pre-agreement on working time at the Palmela Volkswagen plant On 22 November at AutoEuropa, Volkswagen’s automotive assembly plant, located in the city of Palmela, near Lisbon, Portugal, management at the German automaker together with the Workers Commission signed a pre-agreement on working time. In it working time is to be adapted in two stages so that expected needs of peaks in business activity can be met. This is a compromise agreement between the parties. First, it maintains the weekly two consecutive rest days and then it will introduce continuous seven days per week working from the end of August 2018. The plant’s 5,000 workers will vote on the agreement on 29 November, which could put an end to the current dispute over working time. Through . Published on 23 November 2017 à 14h26 - Update on 23 November 2017 à 14h26 Resources A compromise reached. AutoEuropa’s Workers’ Commission and Volkswagen management have signed a pre-agreement on working time, which intends for a middle-ground solution that starts with maintaining two consecutive rest days per week.… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageEmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels