Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Spain as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Spain: Unions claim that labour reforms violate European Social Charter
Labour reforms approved by the Spanish government in 2012 are being challenged by two of Spain’s largest trade unions – Workers’ Commissions (CCOO) and the General Union of Workers (UGT) …
Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.
Spain: Employer social security cuts for hiring young people
The Spanish Government has approved a Royal Decree Law that creates a ‘Youth Tariff’ …
Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.
Spain: Work accidents resulting in sick leave
According to the Spanish Ministry of Labour, during the period January to May 2014 there were 198,807 occupational accidents that resulted in sick leave being taken …
Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.
Spain: Double tax treaty comes into force
A double tax agreement between Cyprus and Spain, which was signed on February 14th 2013, has now entered into force …
Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.
Spain: Education not providing the necessary skills for employment
According to a recent Eurobarometer survey, 73% of EU citizens agree that their education and training has provided them with the skills required to find a job that matches their qualifications …
Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.
Spain: Draft laws to tackle absenteeism
The Spanish government is currently preparing new legislation to combat unjustified absenteeism from work …
Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.
Spain: Definition of commuting accident extended
A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Spain has broadened the meaning of a commuting accident …
Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.
Spain: Cuts to corporation tax and investment in employment
Spain’s Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has announced plans to make cuts to corporation tax …
Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.
Spain: Number of collective dismissals fall
The Ministry of Employment and Social Security in Spain has revealed that the number of employees affected by redundancies fell by 54 …
Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.
Spain: Flexible interpretation of labour reform
Spain’s Supreme Court has recognised the legitimacy of ad hoc representative committees of workers in challenging collective redundancies where works councils or delegates do not exist …
Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.
Spain: Suicide recognised as occupational accident
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia in Spain has held that the suicide of a forest worker was an occupational accident as it occurred as a result of work-related stress …
Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.
Spain: No justifying late payment of wages
The Supreme Court of Spain has established that the poor economic situation of a company does not justify continued delays in the payment of wages …
Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.
Spain: Fall in maternity and paternity leave
The Ministry of Employment and Social Security has revealed that Spain spent more than 420 …
Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.
Spain: Supreme Court rules on unilateral variation of employees’ working time
Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of employees working for Carrefour in an employment dispute concerning variation of working time …
Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.
Spain: Iberia’s negotiations come to an end
Spain’s largest airline, Iberia, has agreed on a wage deal for their ground workers …
Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now.