Publications - Labor and Employment
Spain: The Royal Decree implementing the RED Mechanism provides that closures of work centers will require six months’ notice
The RED Mechanism for employment flexibility and stabilization created in the recent labor reform allows measures for the reduction of working hours and suspension of employment contracts. The legislation also amends the regulations governing…
Portugal: Decent Work Agenda New Regulation
The Decent Work Agenda consists of a reform of labour relations that includes measures to improve working conditions and, simultaneously, facilitate the conciliation of employees' professional and family life.
Portugal: Creation and regulation of the AVANÇAR program
This program grants financial support to employers who enter open-ended employment contracts with young unemployed persons aged 35 or under.
End of the extraordinary measures implemented in the workplace due to COVID-19
The order declares the end of health crisis and the termination of the extraordinary measures such as those related to the minimum interpersonal safety distance of 1.5 meters between workers or the promotion of teleworking, among others.
Spain: Options for paid leave and 'à la carte' working hours are broadened and other employment measures relating to work-life balance are approved
Royal Decree-Law 5/2023 transposes, among others, the EU Directive on work-life balance for parents and carers which, before the end of the legislative session, was passing through parliament as the Families Bill.
Spain: Basic equality and diversity obligations at a glance
The proliferation of equality and diversity regulations has meant that companies need to remain attentive to a whole set of obligations.
Spain: Publication of the V Agreement for Employment and Collective Bargaining (V AENC)
The agreement is signed by CEOE and CEPYME, and the labor unions CC.OO. and UGT, and its objective is to promote collective bargaining.
Whistleblowing channels at companies in Spain: the key aspects of the new law protecting whistleblowers from all angles
The law protecting whistleblowers in Spain requires companies with 50 or more workers to have an internal whistleblowing system in place and sets out fines of up to €1,000,000.
Spain - The labor framework: between legislative chaos and demolition of the traditional labor relations model
In 2022 alone and so far in 2023, there have been at least ten important legislative amendments to labor and employment matters in laws which are not not specifically labor-related. And there are a few bills in the works which will also establish…
Labor Newsletter - May 2023
In this new issue of our Labor Newsletter we highlight the article by Federico Durán: 'The labor framework: between regulatory chaos and the demolition of the traditional model of labor relations'; and the most relevant legal developments in the…
The EU addresses in depth the principles of transparency and equal pay between men and women and the promotion of genuine equality of persons with disabilities
The directive to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms has been published. In addition, a resolution of the European…
Spain: High temperatures will mean employers must adopt preventive measures in order to protect employees
Se establece la obligación de prever medidas adecuadas frente a riesgos relacionados con fenómenos meteorológicos adversos, incluida la prohibición de desarrollar determinadas tareas durante las horas del día con temperaturas extremas.