Daily Compliance News: June 19, 2025, The Corruption in Spain Edition
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In recent months, Spain has approved measures to streamline the visa process and better protect LBGTQ employees. It also has proposed raising the minimum wage and shortening the workweek....more
The Spanish government has introduced Royal Decree 608/2023, a new employment law that requires any company closing operations to notify trade unions, autonomous community labour authorities, and the central government six...more
En el plano laboral, la Ley de Startups adopta una serie de medidas migratorias que facilitan la entrada y residencia de los teletrabajadores de carácter internacional, destacándose la creación de un nuevo tipo de visado....more
On the employment sector, the Start-ups Law adopts a series of migratory measures that facilitate the entry and residence of international teleworkers, including the creation of a new type of visa....more
In the last few months, we have witnessed the entry into force of two laws (Law 10/2022 and Law 15/2022) that will have a great impact in terms of employment law, particularly with regard to the protection against termination...more
For the first time, Spanish legislation expressly covers menstrual health—providing protection for a special temporary incapacity due to medical conditions arising from disabling periods (secondary disabling menstruation)....more
Labor Reform - New Legislation Enacted - Law 32/2021 of December 28, published on December 30, 2021, provides urgency measures for labor reform, the guarantee of employment stability, and the transformation of the labor...more
On 26 January 2021, Royal Decree-law 2/2021 of 26 January on reinforcement and consolidation of social measures in the protection of employment (the “Royal Decree-law”) was approved, and whose main measures are as follows: ...more
Spain's new law introduces relevant regulations for employers and employees. Some of its rules will take effect on October 13, 2020. While the pandemic has highlighted various advantages and disadvantages of remote work in...more
Proceedings to suspend employment contracts or to reduce employees' working time (ERTE) due to Force Majeure of article 22 of RDL 8/2020 - As of 13 May 2020, those companies that have applied an ERTE of Force Majeure will...more
The Royal Decree-Law 9/2020 clarifies certain employment aspects relating to the extraordinary measures approved on 18 March on the occasion of the declaration of the state of alarm resulting from the health crisis caused by...more
Workers of Gig-Economy Platforms are Employees, Madrid’s Court of Justice Rules - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - On November 27, 2019, the Superior Labor Court of Madrid issued a binding...more
New Whistleblowing Legislation for European Union New Legislation Enacted - On April 16, 2019, the European Parliament passed a directive on the “Protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law.” This legislation...more
Act 11/2018, which recently came into force, imposes on certain companies the obligation to prepare an informative report regarding environmental and labor matters, such as those relating to their personnel, the respect for...more
In this edition, we report from around Europe on some interesting case law developments that affect the way employers manage their employees. The range of issues covered shows that, despite the breadth of directives issued by...more
European Court of Justice (ECJ) rules on the meaning of ‘establishment' - After two years of litigation, the ECJ has finally approved a return to the status quo in collective redundancy exercises in the European Union. ...more