Publications - Labor and Employment
Colombia: Main recurring legal obligations that companies must comply – First Semester 2024
In Colombia, all companies must comply with certain corporate, tax and labor obligations during the calendar year. In this document we highlight the main obligations of the first semester of 2024.
Annual Salary Bonus approved for bachelors and masters working in Portugal
The Salary Bonus has an annual value of between 697 euro (years for bachelor's degree) and 1,500 euro (years for master's degree) and will be paid to those who have these academic degrees and for the number of years equivalent to the ones needed to…
Spain: The latest amendments on breastfeeding, unemployment and collective agreements are repealed and an increase in the minimum wage to 1,134 euros is announced
Royal Decree-Law 7/2023, which modified the breastfeeding regime, unemployment and the priority application of regional collective agreements, has been repealed as it has not been validated in the Congress of Deputies. At the same time, the increase…
Spain: Publication of the Bill for an organic law on equal representation and a balanced presence of women and men
This proposal transposes into Spanish law the European directive on improving the gender balance among directors of listed companies and related measures, although it is more demanding in its scope than the provisions in the EU act.
2024: main new legislation needing to be considered by companies in Spain
Professionals in the various practice areas at Garrigues take a look, from all angles of business law, at the main new legislation that companies will face in the coming year.
The new "anti-crisis measures" regulation extends the minimum wage for the year 2023, the limitations for certain objective dismissals and includes changes in terms of contributions
Among other measures, the SMI, the partial retirement scheme and the provisions on redundancies resulting from the increase in the cost of energy are extended, the contribution bases are updated and the contribution for paid and unpaid traineeships…
Spain: A new royal decree-law modifies the breastfeeding regime, unemployment and the priority of regional collective bargaining agreements
The regulation modifies the breastfeeding accumulation regime, the unemployment assistance regime and the priority of application of regional collective agreements.
On December 8, 2023, the new Official Mexican Standard on occupational health and safety conditions for remote work will come into force
Those individuals working remotely at least 40% of the week will be subject to specific rules related to their rights and obligations in connection with this employment modality.
Labor Newsletter - November 2023
Spain: The internal whistleblowing channel and its impact on labor relations (II)
In this second installment on the recently introduced whistleblower protection law, we analyze the requirements that the new Spanish regulation and the European directive establish regarding the implementation of the whistleblower channel and delve…
The work calendar in Spain for 2024 has been published
The Decision of October 23, 2023, by the Directorate-General of Labor, publishing the list of public holidays for 2024 has been published in the Official State Gazette, and sets out the public holidays for next year.
The Council of the European Union adopts the Recommendation on developing framework conditions for the social economy and Conclusions on mental health and precarious work
The Recommendation includes measures promoting the role of the social economy in labor market integration and social inclusion. The Conclusions on mental health and precarious work contain a set of suggestions with the aim of promoting the…