Josep Conesa Sagrera

Blog: Equality Plan

MANDATORY WORKING HOURS REGISTRATION

The Royal Legislative Decree of 12 March 2019 amended Article 34.9 of the Workers' Statute to require all companies to record their employees' working hours on a daily basis. …

Employment Law Updates 2019: Royal Decree-Law 28/2018, of 28 December

Royal Decree-Law 28/2018, of 28 December, establishes a series of employment measures that the Government considers urgent and priority matters.

Consequences of Business Succession in an Insolvency Sale

Types of Disability Caused by Silicosis

Disability due to silicosis or pneumoconiosis is the reduction or limitation of a person's capacity to work, as defined by law, whereby the affected individual receives a type of…

Burnout as a Work Accident: Midwives

The claimant, a midwife by profession, submitted a claim for permanent disability on the grounds of work-related stress, formally diagnosed as "adaptive disorder with chronic…

SILICOSIS: occupational illness

Types of silicosis by severity. How to claim damages? How can a disability pension be increased by up to 50%? How to find the best specialists in work-related accidents and…

Business Digitalisation

Opinion piece by Josep Conesa Sagrera. This article on psychosocial risks in the workplace was published in the newspaper Expansión on 10 November 2017.

Jordi Conesa Speaks at the Catalan Economists' Association

The Benefits Surcharge and Baker's Asthma

We examine here a real case involving a benefit surcharge that closely resembles the silicosis cases currently emerging, one we believe is worth presenting in detail because of…

Psychosocial Risks: Protocol for Moral and Sexual Harassment at Work

EMPLOYMENT COMPLIANCE: HOW TO IDENTIFY AND PREVENT PSYCHOSOCIAL RISKS The consequences of workplace moral and sexual harassment can give rise to illnesses that may be classified…

Modifying Working Conditions and Workforce Flexibility

The Constitutional Court upholds the labour reform

Nullity in collective dismissal

Nullity on grounds of fixed-term contracts entered into in breach of the law The ruling 951/2021, of 29 September, of the Supreme Court, declares the nullity of a collective…

The Government Is Considering Taxing Dismissal Severance Pay

On 5 July 2013, the Spanish Government appointed an Expert Commission to examine a possible tax reform. That Commission has now completed its report, which is due to be debated in…

Retirement Calculation: How Will Your Pension Look? Examples

Calculating your retirement pension: standard retirement age The standard retirement age in Spain is 67. Workers who have completed a full contribution career (38 years and 6…

A Very Royal Fortune

The case of the yacht Fortuna reveals how procedural errors and unlawful secondment of workers can lead to multi-million-euro compensation awards. This ruling implicates not only…

Possible Removal of the 40% FOGASA Subsidy

The current government is seeking to remove Article 33(8) of the Workers' Statute, the well-known provision entitling companies with fewer than 25 employees to a 40% subsidy…

iusfamilia.com - A Division of Conesa Asociados Law Firm

We are pleased to announce the launch of "ius familia", a new division of Bufete Conesa Asociados dedicated to family law. The division is built around an initial online…

Participation in the Seventh Edition of the European Jurist Forum

collective dismissal, Contract Suspension and Working Hours Reduction

The ongoing labour reforms have now introduced Royal Decree 1483/2012, of 29 October, which regulates the procedures for collective dismissal, contract suspension and working…

Opting Out of the collective bargaining agreement

Back in 2010, we were already noting that labour reforms had reduced the requirements and formalities involved in many aspects of collective bargaining, both within and outside…

Participation in AIJA Seminar in Barcelona

Mª Teresa Garasa, a commercial lawyer at Conesa Asociados law firm and member of the International Association of Young Lawyers, AIJA,participated in the AIJA 2012 Pre-Congress…

Are Dismissal Compensation Payments Subject to Personal Income Tax (IRPF)?

Since December 2002, following an amendment introduced by the then PP government, legislation had permitted what became known as 'express dismissal', that is, a dismissal in which…

Formation of the Spanish Legal Network - RJE

General Strike: Rights and Obligations of Workers and Employers

Labour Reform: What Has Been Done, What Is Coming, and What Still Needs to Happen

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Dismissals in the Public Sector

From an employment law perspective, we have watched the crisis unfold like a great wave sweeping through sector after sector, banking, construction, industry, retail, and so on.…

Dismissal and withdrawal from contract: household employees

The publication of Royal Decree-Law 16/2022, of 6 September, on improving working conditions and Social Security coverage for domestic workers, has repealed the legislation…

Workplace Accident Rate Reduction Bonus for Companies