Social Security pensions and subsidies: see payment dates for September 2026
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Social Security pensions and subsidies: see payment dates for September 2026

SAPO Notícias28 August 2026 at 19:00

Social Security payments for pensions, subsidies, and other support related to September 2026 take place between the 3rd and 28th of the month. The payment calendar was released by Social Security.

Pensions are paid on September 8th. Family benefits and the first payment of unemployment, sick leave, and parental subsidies arrive on the 16th of the same month.

This calendar applies to beneficiaries of social protection schemes in Portugal, which include pensioners, families with family benefits, and workers receiving unemployment, sick leave, or parental subsidies.

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