MINISTRY OF EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY
| PORTUGAL |
| MINISTÉRIO DO EMPREGO E SEGURANçA
SOCIAL MINISTRY OF EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY |
Government department (referred to as MESS) responsible for defining and prosecuting policies on employment and vocational training, labour and social security. The various services and agencies of which it consists include the Institute for the Improvement and Inspection of Working Conditions , into which the Labour Inspectorate-General has been incorporated (see labour inspection ). Some legal provisions still in force refer to it under its earlier names of Ministry of Corporations and Social Welfare, and Ministry of Labour.
Please note: the European industrial relations glossaries were compiled between 1991 and 2003 and are not updated. For current material see the European industrial relations dictionary.
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