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  • DANA: Paid leave for adverse weather events and other labour measures approved

    The new measures also include, among others, new obligations to inform workers' legal representatives of the activation of alerts due to disasters and other adverse meteorological phenomena and protocols for action in the event of disasters through collective bargaining.

  • Turning point in the management of disciplinary dismissals after the Supreme Court has determined the need to hear the employee first

    In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court has changed its doctrine on the procedure for executing disciplinary dismissals. From now on, Spanish companies must hear the employees before notifying them of the disciplinary dismissal, except in cases in which the company cannot reasonably be required to do so.

  • On the Provision of Services Between Companies and the Assignment of Employees, Regarding the Recent Judgment of the CJEU

    The European Court of Justice declares the Directive on Temporary Employment Agencies (TEA) applicable in cases of employee assignment, even if the assigning company is not constituted as a TEA.

  • Labor and Employment Newsletter - November 2024

    En la Newsletter Laboral de Garrigues recopilamos las novedades legales más relevantes en el ámbito del derecho del trabajo en España.

  • Spain: The Supreme Court declares that a prior hearing is necessary in disciplinary dismissals

    The Court considers that this is an obligation arising from Article 7 of Convention No. 158 of the International Labour Organisation which must be applied to new dismissals.

  • Vade mecum of the main paid leaves in Spain

    What kind of leave can employees take? How? When? In this post we present a basic guide to the main paid leaves regulated in the Workers’ Statute. These leaves can be developed, extended or enhanced through the collective bargaining agreement applicable to each company.

  • DANA: These are the new labor measures in Royal Decree-Law 7/2024

    The new Royal Decree-Law approved by the Government includes new measures on health protection, non-recoverable paid leave, teleworking and temporary suspension measures, among others.

  • DANA: These are the urgent labor measures in response to the damages caused by the storm

    The Government has approved a royal decree-law that includes measures such as exemptions in Social Security contributions, deferrals and moratoriums in the payment of quotas, suspension of collection procedures, and the exceptional consideration of temporary incapacity due to an accident at work for the purposes of the temporary incapacity benefit, among others.

  • Spain's working calendar for 2025 published in the Official State Gazette

    The calendar includes eight national holidays, in addition to those of the different autonomous communities.

  • Spain: Approval of the royal decree that develops measures to guarantee equality and non-discrimination of LGTBI people in companies

    The approved regulation protects the rights of LGTBI people, developing Law 4/2023 whose aim is to guarantee their rights by eradicating situations of discrimination against diversity, and includes the content of the measures of action and protocols against harassment.