Publications - Labor and Employment
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.
Portugal: Retirement age increases to 66 years and 7 months in 2025
Considering the increase of life expectancy recorded in 2022 and 2023, the standard age to access retirement pension in the Portuguese general social security system in 2025 will increase to 66 years and 7 months.
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…
Portugal will raise the monthly minimum wage to 820 euros by 2024
It was published in the official gazette Decree-Law no. 107/2023, of 17 November, ruling the increase of the minimum monthly wage, with effects from January 1, 2024, onwards.
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…
Teleworking in Portugal: limits regarding the tax exemption and exclusion of social security contributions of the compensation amount due to the employees
The Ordinance no. 292-A/2023 foresees the exemption limits for tax purposes and exclusion from social security contributions regarding the compensation due to the additional expenses that the employees who carry their activities under a…
Spain: The internal whistleblowing channel and its impact on labor relations (I)
In this first installment on the recently introduced whistleblower protection law, the author raises questions about the requirements to be met by the complaints channel or the possibility of sharing the system and the resources allocated to its…
Labor Newsletter - September 2023
En este nuevo número de nuestra Newsletter Laboral, contamos con un artículo de Federico Durán sobre el canal de denuncias interno y su incidencia en las relaciones laborales. También repasamos las principales novedades, normativa y sentencias de…
Social Security Multilateral Convention of Portuguese Language Countries Community (“CPLP”) was approved
Decree no. 24/2023, of 25 August was published, approving the Multilateral Convention on Social Security of Portuguese Language Countries Community (“CPLP”).