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  • Colombia: Enactment of a new holiday

    The Congress of the Republic has declared 9 July as a national holiday.

  • The company does not always have to adapt the position in the event of a permanent disability

    The idea has spread that any situation of permanent disability of an employee forces the company to adapt their position, relocate them and/or make reasonable adjustments, but this is not always the case. The suspension of the employment contract with reservation of a job when the employee’s situation of disability can be reviewed for improvement that allows their reinstatement still exists.    

  • Mexico raises the standard of protection against AI in the artistic sector and tightens contractual obligations

    A new reform to the Federal Labor Law (FLL) and the Federal Copyright Law (FCL) seeks to strengthen the protection of the labor rights of all individuals engaged in activities within the artistic field, ensuring fairer and more equitable working conditions in the exercise of their profession.

  • Sustainable mobility: keys to complying with new legal obligations

    Law 9/2025 requires mobility plans to be negotiated with workers’ representatives. With the deadline ending in December 2026, many companies are already receiving applications to start negotiations. In this post we offer keys to the new legal obligations. 

  • Spain: Order on social security contributions in Spain for 2026 has been published

    The order determines the maximum and minimum contribution bases and rates starting on January 1, 2026. The maximum contribution base has been set at €5,101.20 per month.

  • Labor and Employment Newsletter - March 2026

    Compilation of the most relevant legal developments in the field of labor law in Spain.

  • The Spanish Government shortens the time period for implementing sustainable mobility to work plans which will end on December 5, 2026, and adopts provisions prohibiting dismissal

    Qualifying companies will need to have their sustainable mobility to work plan by December 5, 2026, and beneficiary companies of direct support will not be able to dismiss until June 30, 2026.

  • The anatocism or compounding of work breaks

    A recent Spanish judgment on the overlapping of public holidays and rest days has reopened the issue of whether an additional rest day should be granted. This is not necessarily the case, there are other factors to be taken into account.

  • Mexico continues the legislative process toward the reduction of the 40-hour working week

    The constitutional reform sets a gradual reduction until 2030, maintains wages and benefits, and redefines overtime limits, forcing companies to reorganize shifts and processes to sustain their productivity.

  • Spain: Publication of the minimum wage (SMI) for 2026

    The minimum wage (SMI) has been increased by royal decree by 3.1%, to 1,221 euros per month, effective since January 1.