Do employees who have appealed their medical discharge have to return to work?
One question that usually arises when employees appeal their medical discharges after a temporary disability process is whether they must return to their job or can wait to receive the corresponding resolution. We will see in this post that the general rule is that the medical discharge determines the obligation to return to work, but there are exceptions.Spain: Royal Decree-Law 9/2024 of 23 December, which adopted measures such as the extension of the Minimum Interprofessional Wage or the updating of contribution bases, has been repealed
The Plenary of the Congress of Deputies has repealed Royal Decree-Law 9/2024 adopting urgent measures in economic, tax, transport and social security matters, and extending certain measures to deal with situations of social vulnerability.Spain: The new list of CNAE-2025 codes has been published, together with the deadlines for reporting them
The National Classification of Economic Activities for the year 2025 has been updated and those responsible for the payment of Social Security contributions must comply with the reporting obligations.The Law on efficiency measures in the Public Justice Service restores the nullity of dismissal of workers with an on-demand working day
In addition to a number of procedural amendments, the regulation - published in the Official State Gazette on 3 January 2025 - restores the nullity of dismissal for workers with an on-demand working day or who take five days' leave for illness or hospitalisation of a family member and clarifies the cases of termination of the contract due to non-payment or late payment.Spain: Measures to improve the compatibility of retirement pensions with work, the extension of partial retirement in the manufacturing industry and other labor and social security innovations are approved
The regulations introduce several new features such as the modification of the partial retirement regime and relief contracts, the extension of partial retirement in the manufacturing industry until December 31, 2029, the extension of the Minimum Interprofessional Wage and the updating of the contribution bases.The Supreme Court declares that it is not possible to increase compensation for unfair dismissal through the courts
It considers that article 56 of the Workers' Statute does not violate the provisions of article 10 of Convention No. 158 of the International Labor Organisation, the two provisions being compatible.