On Wednesday 18 November, Josep Conesa Sagrera, employment lawyer and CEO of Conesa Legal, joins the Club of Lithuanian Professionals in Barcelona (LPB) for a fireside chat in English: Employment in Spain: What Employees and Employers Often Miss. You can attend in person in Barcelona or follow it online.
What the conversation will cover
Working or hiring in Spain brings real opportunities, and a few surprises. Contracts, payslips, freelance status, dismissals: the details get confusing fast, whether you are the employee or the employer. The session goes through the points where questions come up most often:
- Contracts. What has to be put in writing, and when. Since October 2026, companies must hand over the essential working conditions before the employment relationship starts. Read what Royal Decree 723/2026 requires.
- Payslips. How to read one, and what each line actually means. How a payslip works in Spain.
- Freelance status. When working as an autónomo makes sense, and what it involves. Rights and obligations of self-employed workers.
- Dismissals. The different types, the procedure and the consequences for both sides. Unfair dismissal in Spain.
- Hiring. What an employer must do before and after taking someone on. How to hire in Spain.
The approach is practical: real-life examples, plain language and time for your own questions.
Who should join?
- Employees working in Spain, on site or remotely
- Freelancers and consultants (autónomos)
- Employers, founders and team leaders
- HR and operations professionals, and small business owners
- Anyone navigating Lithuanian-Spanish or other international work arrangements
Programme
- 19:00 Welcome and introductions
- 19:15 Fireside chat with Josep Conesa Sagrera, moderated by attorney dr. Ramunė Guobaitė (Guoba Legal)
- 20:00 Questions from the audience
- 20:15 Networking, for on-site attendees
Practical details
- Date: Wednesday 18 November 2026, 19:00 to 21:00
- Place: La Fábrica & Co, Carrer del Doctor Trueta 191, Sant Martí, Barcelona
- Format: hybrid, on site or online
- Language: English
- Price: free for LPB members, €9 for non-members
- Host: Club of Lithuanian Professionals in Barcelona (LPB), open to everyone
The session will be streamed live and recorded. It offers general information and is not legal advice on individual cases.
About the speaker
Josep Conesa Sagrera is an employment lawyer and CEO of Conesa Legal, a Barcelona law firm founded in 1976 and now in its third generation, with in-house employment, payroll, tax and commercial teams. With more than 25 years at the Barcelona Bar, he advises both companies and employees on hiring, payroll, collective agreements, dismissals, workplace harassment protocols and litigation before the labour courts.
He holds a Master's in European Law and Fundamental Rights, lectured on EU and international employment law at the Barcelona Bar Association's Employment Law Master for over a decade, and has taught on MBA and business-school programmes. Conesa Legal is a member of Aliant, a global network of law firms.
A question about your own situation?
The event is the place for general questions. If yours concerns your company, your team or your own contract, our employment lawyers in Barcelona can look at it with you, in English.
