Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to Spain as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.

Spain: Change in regional public holiday under discussion

A Bill which aims to remove the October 25th annual non-working public holiday for the Basque region is currently being debated in Spain’s Basque Parliament …

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Spain: Wage freeze and tax increase

Spain has announced its plan to freeze the national minimum wage for 2014 at the current rate of 645 …

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Spain: Monitoring emails and calls not against fundamental rights

The first chamber of the Spanish Constitutional Court has ruled that the fundamental right of privacy and secrecy of communications, provided for by article 18 of the Spanish Constitution, does not prevent a company from monitoring its employee’s emails and calls using mobile phones and laptops supplied by the company …

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Spain: Facilitated visa application process for foreign workers

Spain is making it easier for foreign workers to obtain a visa …

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Spain: Reforms for more sustainable pensions

A draft law on pension reforms has been approved by the Spanish Cabinet …

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Spain: No entitlement to paternity leave

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled on a case referred to it from the Social Security Court of Spain …

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