Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Spain as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Spain: New law to protect jobs and boost the economy
The new Decree-Law 24/2020 that has just come into force covers the ongoing application of Temporary Employment Regulation Schemes (ERTE) and associated measures …
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Spain: Distance Work Law
A draft “Distance Work Law” has been drawn up and is now being discussed with both sides of industry …
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Spain: ERTE deal a major struggle
In some cultures, contention is a social pastime, and no less so in Spain …
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Spain: Living minimum household wage
The Spanish coalition government had already decided to introduce a “living minimum household wage” even before the health crisis struck …
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Spain: Various visa extension
All work and residence permits, as well as foreigner ID cards, that expire during the state of emergency will be extended automatically for 6 months after the emergency has officially ended …
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Spain: Position of employees undertaking trial periods during the health crisis
One area of widespread contention during the health crisis is the position of employees undertaking trial periods …
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Spain: Predictions about legal business levels: EL PAIS
Interviews with fifteen top law firms across Spain published by the quality daily EL PAIS have uncovered a number of interesting predictions about legal business levels over the rest of the year …
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Spain: Workplace fatality January 2020
Even before the present health crisis, the year had begun badly in Spain, with a 27% increase in workplace fatalities during January, compared to the same month of the previous year …
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Spain: Hotelier and union agreement to save employment
An agreement has been reached between the Cehat national hoteliers’ confederation and trade unions CCOO and UGT …
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Spain: Temporary relaxation of drivers’ hours and working time rules
An extension of the order relaxing working time restrictions on HGV drivers has been made …
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Spain: Reminders from the tax authorities
The Spanish tax authorities have written to all those foreigners residing in Spain receiving any payments – such as pensions or consultancy fees – from another country, under an existing double taxation treaty, demanding the submission of Spanish tax returns going back to 2015 …
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Spain: Equality plans regulation
The deadline for companies with 151-249 employees to establish equality committees and register equality plans is March 7th 2020 …
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Spain: The wages of persons with disabilities – year 2017
According to latest figures from the Spanish Statistical Office, over the year to 2016-2017, the average gross annual salary of employed workers with disabilities increased by 2 …
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Spain: Quarterly labour cost survey (QLCS) – Q2 2019
Over the year to Q2 2019, the average gross monthly wage cost per worker increased by 2 …
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Spain: Paternity leave extended to eight weeks
Employers are reminded that, since the 1st of April and until the 31st of December 2019, paternity leave entitlement has increased from five to eight weeks …
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