(Translated by https://www.hiragana.jp/)
API - Invest in Portugal Agency
The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20080102075834/http://www.investinportugal.pt:80/MCMSAPI/HomePage/PortugalToday/PortugalAdvantages/CostCompetitiveQualifiedAndFlexibleWorkforce/
Portugal Advantages


COST COMPETITIVE, SKILLED & FLEXIBLE WORKFORCE

Portuguese employees are known for their versatility and commitment to work, with a positive attitude towards the adoption of new technologies and practices.

All these innovations are references, each one at a time, characterized by customer confidence and reflected by Nacional and European leadership.

Alexandre Silva, Managing Director, Vulcano
Our products require complex manual work with the same quality as those made in Germany (…) the mental agility of the Portuguese is very important. They are very willing, hard-working and motivated.

Ulrich Ehmes
Managing Director, Leica


Labor Costs

Portugal has the lowest labor costs in the EU both in industry and services.

Hourly Labour Costs in € - 2005


Industry

 Services

Tourism

Source: Eurostat

This cost advantage is evident when manufacturing and tourism-related activities are considered. And, when considering labour cost growth rate together with productivity levels, Portugal appears as a great location in cost-benefit terms.

Labour Productivity 2004 – Hours worked

Source: Eurostat

Labour Cost Index - 2000=100

Source: Eurostat

Portugal is also one of the countries with smallest number of working days lost due to labor disputes.


VW AutoEuropa – Portugal has the lowest absenteeism levels of all European operations, together with one of the highest productivity rates;
Workers proposed and adopted a flexible working regime, agreed with top management, that optimizes efficiency according to market demand.

The investment made in Portugal by the VW group has enabled “this plant to become one of the best in the VW Group and indeed in the whole automotive industry in terms of quality, productivity, absenteeism, safety, and many other decisive criteria”, Gerd Heuss upon the manufacturing of car nº 1 million in Palmela, June 2003.
Print Version
Send




Strategic Location
Structural Reforms
Workforce
Science & Technology
Work & Living Environment
Infrastructure
Track Record



© AICEP - Business Development Agency, all rights reserved.   Disclaimer
Developed by innovagency