Cyrielle Agut

Proposed Reform of working hours: 37.5 Hours Per Week

The Spanish Ministry of Labour's proposal to reduce the maximum working hours, put forward by Yolanda Díaz, has raised many questions.

collective dismissal Due to Employer Retirement

We analyse the recent ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union and how it improves the position of employees when their employment contracts are terminated due to the…

Permanent Disability Due to Long COVID

Long COVID is a condition characterised by the persistence of symptoms consistent with COVID infection for more than 12 weeks after the acute infection. With a significant number…

ILO Lawyer for employment staff regulations claims against UN Agency

The Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization (hereinafter referred to as ILO) has, since 1947 been the competent judicial body to hear disputes that may…

What Happens When an employee Exhausts Sick Leave Due to total permanent disability (IPT)?

The ruling of the Court of Justice of the EU (Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU)) dated 18 January calls into question the automatic termination of the employment contract on…

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION: Employment Proceedings Before the Administrative Tribunal

disciplinary dismissal and Prior Hearing

disciplinary dismissal, as we know it, regulated under Articles 54 and 55 of the Workers' Statute, is currently subject to diverging interpretations across Spain's various High…

Recognition of Work-Related Anxiety as a work-related accident

What is the usual classification of temporary disability (IT) caused by workplace anxiety? Social Security typically issues sick leave certificates for employees suffering from…

Applying the Labour Reform to the Special Employment Relationship of Performing Artists

Job Evaluation: A Tool for the Equality Plan

Since 7 March 2022, companies with more than 50 employees on their payroll have been required to implement an equality plan and a set of supporting tools aimed at achieving…

Penalty for Not Having an Equality Plan

In 2019, Royal Decree Law 6/2019 on urgent measures to guarantee equal treatment and equal opportunities for women and men in employment and occupation established a series of…

New Protection Measures for Self-Employed Workers

This morning, the Royal Decree-Law 11/2021, of 27 May, on urgent measures for the defence of employment, economic reactivation and the protection of self-employed workers was…

MENSTRUAL LEAVE: NEW EQUALITY MEASURES FOR COMPANIES?

Globally, one in ten women suffers from menstrual pain (also known as "dysmenorrhoea") severe enough to interfere with their daily activities.

Relationship Between a company Board Member and the company: Employment or Commercial?

1. The relationship between a company and members of the board of directors holding senior management positions is governed by commercial law, not employment law. The Supreme…

Sexual Harassment at Work: Identify, Prevent, and Act

Many expressions used in everyday language can have a negative impact on those who receive them. The office and the workplace are not always free from prejudice, discrimination or…

dismissal on economic grounds

in accordance with Article 52(c) of the Workers' Statute, and in accordance with the thresholds set out in Article 51(1) of the Workers' Statute, a company may terminate an…

Breastfeeding Leave and Professional Life

Comparative Framework: Spain and France, Can an Employee Breastfeed During Working Hours? You may have heard about a recent case in which an employee sought to terminate her…

Register of Self-Employed Workers Affected by COVID-19

A NEW PROCEDURE TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO CATALAN GOVERNMENT GRANTS?

Self-Employed Grant: €2,000 Subsidy from the Generalitat de Catalunya

We would like to inform you of the latest developments published in Decree-Law 39/2020, of 3 November, on extraordinary social measures to address the consequences of COVID-19:

Extraordinary and Ordinary Cessation-of-Activity Benefit for Self-Employed Workers and Social Security Contribution Exemption

INTRA-EU VAT

Transposition of Council Directive 2018/2010: new changes to the management of intra-EU VAT