Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Spain as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Spain: Minimum living income aims to reduce extreme poverty by 80%
All eligible persons aged between 23 and 65 – or from 18 to 65 if there are dependent minors – who have been legally resident in Spain for at least one uninterrupted year, may now apply for a minimum “living wage” …
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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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