Publications - Labor and Employment
Physical exercise: a contractual obligation?
Spain changes the dock workers regime for consistency with freedom of establishment under European law
A draft royal decree is currently being prepared to implement the recent Royal Decree Law 8/2017, amending the regime for workers providing cargo-handling services at Spanish ports.
Requirements for the electronic signature of employment contracts
Can we really close the gender pay gap?
CEJ judgement regarding stand-by duty as working time
Judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the case C-518/15 was published, in which ECJ had to define once again if stand-by time regime, where an employee has to be available to the employer, should be considered “working time…
Latest developments regarding Cooperative Work Associations in Colombia
The highest administrative Court in Colombia -the “Consejo de Estado”- recently annulled several important rules regarding Cooperative Work Associations -known in Colombia as Cooperativas de Trabajo Asociado. Through a Decision emitted…
The Supreme Court makes an unexpected change to the legal treatment of executive directors’ compensation
In its judgment of February 26, 2018, the Supreme Court modified the interpretation given by most experts and authorities and by the Directorate-General of Registries and the Notarial Profession in its decision dated June 17, 2016, ratified by the…
General strike called for International Women’s Day
The labor unions UGT and CCOO have called a general strike on March 8, 2018, to mark International Women’s Day. The purpose of the strike is to speak out against the inequality and discrimination women face in the employment market,…
Mistakes which may end up being expensive in the indemnity for dismissal for objective reasons
The CJEU declares the termination of a pregnant employee’s contract in a collective layoff proceeding to be lawful
In a matter referred by the Catalan High Court for a preliminary ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled, in its Judgment of February 22, 2018, that under Spanish legislation it is legal to dismiss a pregnant worker…
How ‘blockchain’ and IA will revolutionize employment contracts
Article by Pablo Salguero, Principal Associate of Labor Departament ('Elpais.com'). CONTENT IN SPANISH
New regulation will allow the disposal of pension funds after 10 years, before retirement
On February 10, 2018, the Official State Gazette published Royal Decree 62/2018, of February 9, 2018, amending the Regulations on the funding of companies’ pension commitments with workers and beneficiaries, approved by Royal Decree 1588/1999…