Publications - Labor and Employment
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.
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…
Labor Newsletter - March 2018
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Article by Pablo Salguero, Principal Associate of Labor Departament ('Elpais.com'). CONTENT IN SPANISH
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…