Labor and Employment Law

  • Work center or place of work? A difference that marks important legal obligations

    Determining whether a physical space where one or more employees provide services is a work center is crucial because this qualification gives rise to several specific formal obligations, which do not exist if it is not and it is just a mere place of work.

  • Formalities of Dismissal and Prior Hearing

    A recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling has created a high level of legal uncertainty regarding the prior hearing procedure in disciplinary dismissals, raising numerous legal questions.

  • Labor and Employment Newsletter - March 2025

    In the Garrigues Labor and Employment Newsletter, we compile the most relevant legal developments in the field of labour law in Spain. 

  • The key role of good faith in the reduction and adaptation of working hours due to legal guardianship

    The improvements introduced in recent years in rights of work-life balance consisting of reducing or adapting the working day have created interpretative doubts about their application and possible scope. Conflicts have arisen when, for example, the company considers that the case on which the person is relying is not accredited, or when there is no balance between the right of the person requesting the measure and the organizational needs of the company. In these cases, the courts and tribunals are giving a key role to the good faith that must exist between both parties.

  • Mexico: INFONAVIT Law and Federal Labor Law amended to include new obligations for employers

    On February 21, 2025, the reform that amends and repeals various provisions of the Law of the National Workers' Housing Fund Institute (INFONAVIT) and the Federal Labor Law was published in the Official Journal of the Federation (DOF) to include new obligations for employers in socially oriented housing.

  • Spain: The contribution order for 2025 is published

    The order establishes the maximum and minimum bases and contribution rates as of 1 January 2025, which are updated in accordance with the minimum interprofessional wage for 2025. The maximum contribution base is set at 4,909.50 euros per month.

  • The urban legend of the ‘digital nomad’

    Legend has it that in Spain there are ‘digital nomads’ who can work from here for foreign companies from outside the European Union. But this legend does not explain what employment legislation is applicable and what social security system covers them. We will see below that there is no regulatory answer to these doubts because Spain has only regulated a visa and a residence permit.

  • Spain: Published the minimum interprofessional salary (SMI) for 2025

    The Royal Decree, effective from January 1st, increases the MIW (SMI) by 4.41%, to 1,184 euros per month.

  • Colombia: Main recurring corporate, tax and labor obligations - First Semester of 2025

    In Colombia, companies must comply with certain corporate, tax and labor obligations during the year. In this document we highlight the main obligations to be taken into account in the first half of 2025.

  • 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.