Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Spain as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Spain: Government approves Royal Decree-Law 6/2019 on urgent equality measures
Urgent measures to ensure equal treatment between men and women have just been incorporated into Spanish law through Royal decree-law 6/2019 …
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Spain: Working time for 2018
During Q4 2018 the average working week for Spanish full and part-time workers was 34 …
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Spain: Minimum wage to jump 22% in new year
With effect from the 1st of January 2019, the minimum monthly wage has been increased by 22% from €736 (US$839) to €900 (US$1,026) …
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Spain: Court rules that employee’s disciplinary dismissal for taking paid annual leave justified
The Navarre High Court in Spain has found, on appeal, that it was lawful to dismiss a foreign employee for taking leave outside the period their employer had given them …
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Spain: Government plans to increase the minimum wage
A recent IMF Report indicates how high structural unemployment rates are linked to rigidities in the labour market, and low cross-region mobility within the country …
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Spain: New draft law sets 100% renewables target by 2050
The draft law on climate change and energy transition will have a huge impact on vehicle manufacture, and therefore jobs in Spain …
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Spain: Covert video surveillance of supermarket workers led to privacy violation
Normally those found red handed to have acted in a criminal way accept their dismissal …
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Spain: Ryanair signs agreement with Spanish Pilot Union SEPLA
The low-cost airline has signed a recognition agreement with SEPLA – the Spanish Pilot’s union …
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Spain: Severance pay calculation
In a recent Supreme Court case, an employee challenged the basis for their severance pay calculation …
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Spain: A deal between the Spanish Chemical Industry Federation (Feique) and trade unions has concluded
After months of negotiations, a deal between the Spanish Chemical Industry Federation (Feique) and trade unions has concluded with an across-the-board 2 …
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Spain: GDPR urgent measures introduced
Several “urgent” data protection measures have been introduced in Spain, pending the full implementation of the GDPR …
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Spain: Paternity leave extended to 5 weeks
The 2018 national budget approved by Parliament increases, with immediate effect, the entitlement of fathers to an additional week of paid paternity leave …
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Spain: Thousands protest over rape ruling
Concerns about the lack of protection offered by the law in Spain to women who experience sexual violence is causing widespread protests across the country and in the European Parliament, where an extraordinary debate was recently held about the failure of Spain’s “application of international standards on the definition of sexual violence …
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Spain: Pay of executive directors of non-listed companies
The Supreme Court has ruled that the system for determining the pay of executive directors of non-listed companies must be covered by detailed company by-laws differentiating what pay elements are for what duties …
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Spain: EUR. 30.000 compensation for moral damage in a null dismissal
The Supreme Court has confirmed that employers may not dismiss employees on a company’s works committee due to their giving evidence at a work-related court hearing …
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