Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Spain as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Spain: Employers being showered with warning letters
Over the last two months many temporary employment agencies, their clients and a cross section of high profile multinationals have been in receipt of letters from the Labour and Social Inspectorate (ITSS), warning them of possible infringements under job status rules and other aspects of labour law …
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Spain: Public holiday system necessitates planning ahead
In addition to annual leave, employees in Spain are entitled to 14 public holidays each year …
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Spain: Termination of an employee during a trial period
The Social Chamber of the Supreme Court has found that dismissal may be unfair if the contract does not specify a specific duration for the probationary period …
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Spain: SME trial of shorter workweek
Employers with up to 250 employees have until the middle of May to apply for participation in a pilot government scheme for introducing a reduced working week …
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Spain: Major regional population differences in prospect
Over the year to February 2023, the birth rate varied widely across Spain …
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Spain: Disciplinary dismissal for evidence found in a lost briefcase
If a colleague finds a lost briefcase in a public place, opens it and discovers incriminating evidence – can it be grounds for dismissal of the owner of the case? The ‘Superior Court of Xustiza de Galicia’ has ruled that such evidence is not admissible …
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Spain: Dismissal for working whilst on sick leave
The Superior Court of Justice of Castilla La Mancha has founded that a dismissal for disciplinary reasons was lawful and in line with an applicable collective agreement …
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Spain: Sick leave system to become fully digital
From 1st April 2023, medical reports for employees who have attended a physician will be communicated directly from the Social Security Institute to individual employers …
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Spain: Social security adjustments
The new maximum salary for calculating contributions is €4,495 …
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Spain: Telefónica struggling with past commitments to index-link pay
Back in 2019, the company gave an undertaking to unions CCOO and UGT that there would be no loss of spending power over the period until 2023 …
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Spain: Digital nomad visa – a new visa for remote workers
Remote worker visa offers companies outside Spain a way to attract technical staff to work in the sun …
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Spain: Special protection against discrimination on the grounds of disease
Previously, termination of employees on sick leave could be null and void if the employee could successfully argue that their illness or injuries could be deemed a permanent disability …
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Spain: European Committee to consider whether Spanish severance pay is inadequate
One of the principal reasons why foreign employers have often been reluctant to establish operations in Spain is because there are substantial penalties for dismissing employees …
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Spain: Subcontractors’ collective dismissal null and void
The High Court of Justice of the Basque Country (TSJPV) has ruled that two companies must treat the jobs of subcontracted employees in an equivalent way to their own staff …
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Spain: British driving licence negotiations continue
British driving licence negotiations continue – with prospects good for the Autumn …
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