Publications - Labor and Employment
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.
Labor and Employment Newsletter - Special Edition: Working time monitoring and the right to disconnect - July 2022
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.
A guide to prepare gender-sensitive pay audits is published
The Ministry of Equality has prepared, together with the Ministry of Employment and employee and employer representatives, an informative document that seeks to facilitate compliance with pay audit obligations.
The EU reaches provisional political deal on balanced gender representation on the boards of listed companies
Listed companies should aim to have at least 40% of non-executive director positions filled by members of the under-represented sex, or 33% of all director positions, including executive directors. The deal also sets out guidelines for selection…
The Spanish Ministry of Labor interprets the scope of company obligations to provide information on algorithms
In guidelines published by the Ministry, it details the information that must be provided by the company to the workers’ representatives and to the workers themselves. The document includes a tool/questionnaire to determine and systemize the…
6 things you need to know about the new Employment Law in Spain
Article by Misericordia Borrás, partner at Garrigues Labor and Employment Department.
“For the love of green”: labor law will be greener than ever
Post from Garrigues' Labor Blog.