Publications - Labor and Employment
Portugal: Amendments to the Sustainable Employment Commitment measure
Ordinance no. 109/2023, of April 19 was published in the Official Gazette, introducing amendments to the Sustainable Employment Commitment measure (“Compromisso Emprego Sustentável”).
Garrigues Sustainable Newsletter - April 2023
In this newsletter we compile the most relevant legal news on ESG matters in Spain, from all angles of business law.
Challenges and new legislation in the labor field: How to tackle the trend towards reducing working hours and low productivity levels in Latin America
In this article we look at the current working hours and those under discussion in Chile, Colombia, Peru and Mexico, and their implications on productivity levels.
Portugal: Meal allowance amount increases to € 6.00
Ordinance no.107-A/2023, of April 18th was published in the Official Gazette (Diário da República), increasing, from € 5.20 to € 6.00, the meal allowance amount for civil servants.
The European Parliament approves the proposal for a directive on the pay gap
The European Parliament approves the proposal for a directive to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay between men and women with the aim to close the pay gap.
Decent Work Agenda in Portugal: Main changes to labor legislation come into force on May 1, 2023
Law no. 13/2023 of 3 April has been published in the Official Gazette, introducing amendments to the Labor Code, Law no. 105/2009 of 14 September (Labor Code Regulation), Decree-Law no. 66/2011 of 1 June and the Social Security Contributions Code.
Four-day workweek: a myth or reality?
Recently we have been seeing more and more countries launch initiatives to test the possibility of implementing a four-day week. We will take a look at Spain and Portugal and other projects underway in Europe on our Labor and Employment Law Blog.
Spain: Partial modification of social security contributions order for 2023
The new order updates the lower limit for the social security contribution base in each regime in relation to the minimum wage approved for 2023.
A fresh blow to legal certainty
The repeal of the own-initiative proceeding initiated with the labor courts and related to procedures for the characterization (or otherwise) for employment purposes of certain contractual relationships, which entailed a suspension of administrative…
Spain: Seven key takeaways on the pension reform
The new law contains various measures increasing social security contributions, together with major changes to the retirement pension system.
Labor Newsletter - March 2023
These are the new pieces of labor legislation in the Employment Law, the Law for real and actual equality of transgender and LGBTI people, and the Law on sexual and reproductive health
Below we analyze the three laws published on March 1 in the Official State Gazette, together with the main obligations, changes and implications they will carry for companies.