The Council of the European Union adopts the Recommendation on developing framework conditions for the social economy and Conclusions on mental health and precarious work
The Recommendation includes measures promoting the role of the social economy in labor market integration and social inclusion. The Conclusions on mental health and precarious work contain a set of suggestions with the aim of promoting the psychological well-being of employees.Spain: The internal whistleblowing channel and its impact on labor relations (I)
In this first installment on the recently introduced whistleblower protection law, the author raises questions about the requirements to be met by the complaints channel or the possibility of sharing the system and the resources allocated to its management with other companies.Labor Newsletter - September 2023
En este nuevo número de nuestra Newsletter Laboral, contamos con un artículo de Federico Durán sobre el canal de denuncias interno y su incidencia en las relaciones laborales. También repasamos las principales novedades, normativa y sentencias de las últimas semanas.Spain: These are the social security rules applicable to workers relocated abroad
A new piece of legislation defines in detail the cases in which relocated workers will be treated as having registered status for social security purposes, such as in the absence of a bilateral agreement, where such an agreement does not apply to the specific case concerned, or the maximum period for keeping up contributions in the worker’s country of origin has ended.Spain: Royal Decree 668/2023 amends the regulations on pension plans and funds
The royal decree contains, among other new legislation, implementation of the rules on simplified occupational pension plans, the rules on the non-discrimination principle and the provisions on merging plans where corporate transactions result in the same company becoming sponsor of more than one occupational pension plan or sponsor of an occupational pension plan and at the same time policyholder for one or more employee welfare and pension benefit plans.Spain: The Royal Decree implementing the RED Mechanism provides that closures of work centers will require six months’ notice
The RED Mechanism for employment flexibility and stabilization created in the recent labor reform allows measures for the reduction of working hours and suspension of employment contracts. The legislation also amends the regulations governing collective layoff procedures by providing for six months’ notice in the case of closure of a center.