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  • 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.

  • Spain: Labor measures from the repealed Royal Decree‑Law 16/2025 are reinstated in connection with contributions, the rate for occupational accidents and illnesses and restrictions on dismissal

    Following the repeal of Royal Decree-Law 16/2025 by the Lower House of the Spanish Parliament, the Government again approves the social security contribution measures, the rate for occupational accidents and illnesses linked to the CNAE-2025 and restrictions on dismissal at companies that receive public aid.

  • Absenteeism, compensation policies, and discrimination due to illness

    Although combating absenteeism constitutes a legitimate aim, there is serious debate in current judicial doctrine regarding the validity of compensation policies that condition accrual on the effective performance of work and their effects in cases of temporary incapacity (TI).

  • Labor Newsletter - January 2026

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