Publications - Labor and Employment
New legal changes were introduced to the financial support program to promote employment
It was published today in the official gazette Ordinance no. 95/2019, of March 29, introducing amendments to the “Contrato-Emprego” Program (a public program to promote the employment in Portugal, with financial support to employers…
These are Spain's measures to prepare for a no-deal Brexit in the fields of employment, judicial cooperation, financial services and customs
The Spanish government has adopted a range of contingency measures to prepare for the event of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without an agreement on March 30, 2019. They are temporary measures approved through Royal Decree-Law 5/2019…
Spain approves Brexit labor contingency measures
Royal Decree-Law 5/2019, of March 1, 2019, adopts a number of contingency measures in light of a potential no-deal regarding the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union on March 30, 2019,…
Extraordinary Supplement for Pensions
Ordinance no. 71/2019, of February 28, was published, establishing the amounts of the extraordinary supplement for pensions of disability and old age of the Social Security system.
The law that will protect trade secrets has been approved
New Trade Secrets Law 1/2019, of February 20, 2019 (TSL, available here) has been published in the Official State Gazette. The Law will come into force on March 13, 2019. It transposes into Spanish law, Directive (EU) 2016/943 of 8 June 2016, on the…
Turnaround by the Supreme Court: company lunchrooms are no longer mandatory
Blog Laboral Garrigues.
Controversial labor relationships in the platform economy
Article by de Misericordia Borràs, partner at Labor & Emploinment Law department.
The Autonomous Region of Madeira increases the minimum wage to 615 euros
It was published today the Regional Legislative Decree no. 1/2019/M, approving the increase of the minimum monthly wage in the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
The right to strike and its compatibility with an employer’s power to react
Garrigues Blog Laboral.
The time has come to pay (or not to pay) the annual bonus
Blog Laboral Garrigues.
Normal age of access to old-age pension in 2020
Ordinance no. 50/2019, of February 8, was published today in the Official Gazette, foreseeing the age to accede the regular retirement pension in the Portuguese general social security system for 2020.
New coefficient values to be considered for determining the reference remuneration for calculating invalidity and old-age pensions
Ordinance no. 49/2019, of February 8, was published today in the official gazette, foreseeing the coefficient values to be used to update the annual remuneration to be considered for the purposes of determining the reference remuneration that serves…