Publications - Labor and Employment
Spain: Employment contracts following the reform
Now the labor reform is fully operative, its effects on employment and on employment contracts are starting to be delineated quite clearly. Looking beyond the objectives announced by the lawmakers and the aims sought by proponents of the change to…
Organic Law 10/2022 on the comprehensive guarantee of sexual freedom introduces rights and obligations in the labor law field
The law regulates the duties of prevention and awareness-raising in the workplace and places victims of sexual violence on an equal footing with victims of gender violence or terrorism.
What role can companies play in the area of mental health?
Post from Garrigues' Labor blog.
Amendments to the legal framework for the entry and stay of foreigners in national territory
Law no. 18/2022, of August 25 was published in the Official Gazette, introducing changes to the legal framework of entry, stay, departure and removal of foreigners from national territory and introducing the necessary conditions for the…
Law clarifies on Social Security charges for employers that have dropped out of the “Extraordinary Incentive for Business Regularization”
Published in the official gazette Rule no. 205/2022, of 11 August, clarifying the terms and conditions applicable to employers that dropped out of the “Extraordinary Incentive for Business Regularization” (introduced by …
New changes coming in relation to conciliation
Post from Garrigues Labor and Employment Blog.
Bicycles for public servants: energy saving measures in the Administration
Post from Garrigues Labor and Employment Blog.
Spain: New contribution system for self-employed workers based on income approved and immigration regulations amended
The new royal decree-law amends the contribution system under the Special Social Security Regime for Self-Employed Workers or Independent Contractors which will be based on the self-employed individual’s annual income instead of the simple…
Spain: The new comprehensive Law for equal treatment and nondiscrimination also applies to employment
The scope of the legislation includes equality and nondiscrimination in access to employment, working conditions, including remuneration and dismissal, professional advancement and employment training.
Working time record keeping, the right to disconnect and the regulating role of the law
A few years on from when they came into force, neither working time record keeping nor the right to disconnect have implementing regulations able to provide a response to increasingly complex employment relationships.
Spain: Law encouraging occupational pension plans published
The published law includes rules on the new open public occupational pension funds and introduces a new “simplified” occupational pension plan.
Spain: Extension of restrictions for layoffs linked to grounds arising from the war in Ukraine
The Government has extended until December 31, 2022 the restrictions for laying off employees on objective grounds at companies benefiting from support related to the invasion of Ukraine.