Publications - Labor and Employment
Portugal: retirement age remains at 66 years and 4 months in 2024
Ordinance no. 292/2022, of December 9th, was published in the Official Gazette, keeping the standard age to access retirement pension in Portuguese general social security system in 66 years and 4 months in 2024.
Publication of the EU directive on improving gender balance on company boards
The new EU rules, which will have to be transposed into national law, promote more balanced representation on the boards of listed companies in all Member States.
The Council of the European Union publishes its Decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
Member States will take these guidelines into account in determining their employment policies and reform programs, in line with other initiatives to foster sustainability.
Portugal: Update of the meal allowance amount
Ordinance no. 280/2022, of November 18th was published in the Official Gazette (Diário da República), which updated the amount of the meal allowance due to Public Administration employees, from €4.77 to €5.20.
Dismissals: the prohibition which in fact was not one
The Supreme Court concludes, in a judgment delivered in a case handled by counsel from Garrigues, that the violation of the misnamed prohibition of dismissal during the pandemic means that a dismissal is unfair, not null and void.
Spain: Order approving job evaluation procedure jobs from a gender perspective is published
This Order seeks to approve and publicize the procedure for evaluating jobs from a gender perspective provided for in Royal Decree 902/2020, of October 13, 2020, on equal pay for men and women, in order to ensure that the principle of equal…
Spain ratifies Additional Protocol to European Social Charter providing for a system of collective complaints to the Council of Europe
This protocol provides for a system of collective complaints and allows the reporting of unsatisfactory application of the Charter by the States in relation to social and employment matters.
The European Directive regulating minimum wages is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU)
The directive establishes procedures for the adequacy of statutory minimum wages, promotes collective bargaining on wage-setting and improves effective access to statutory minimum wage protection for those workers who are entitled to such protection…
Spain: Dismissals that do not comply with what is known as the “dismissal ban” during the pandemic are not automatically null and void
The Supreme Court has issued a press release reporting that the Plenary Session of the Labor Chamber has handed down a judgment on what is commonly known as the “dismissal ban” under article 2 of Royal Decree-Law 9/2020,…
Labor law and outsourcing: increased restrictions on this means of hiring personnel
Regulations governing outsourcing in several countries in Latin America are hindering the use of this strategic option for companies in certain areas of business.
The European Council approves EU law to improve gender balance on company boards
The directive lays down that at least 40% of directors of listed companies should be members of the underrepresented sex.
Spain: This is the work calendar for 2023
The Decision of October 7, 2022, by the Directorate-General of Labor, publishing the list of public holidays for 2023 has been published in the Official State Gazette, and sets out the public holidays for next year.