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Extrajudicial Settlement of Payments - Second Chance Lawyer

THE BEPI: Article 178 bis of the former Bankruptcy Law (Ley Concursal) is to be found today in Article 486 and the following articles of the new consolidated text of the…

Article 50 of the Workers' Statute and Workplace Harassment

Workplace harassment (mobbing) under Art. 50.1.a) In legal doctrine and case law, establishing workplace harassment or "mobbing" requires that "anyone invoking moral harassment…

Steps to Close a company in Spain

HOW TO CLOSE A company IN SPAIN: When insolvency proceedings are either unwanted or not viable, the company must dismiss any employees and settle all outstanding debts. Winding up…

Labour Reform 2022

Mediation Specialists

Right to Disconnect: Measures for Work-Life Balance

How to hire employees in Spain

INTRA-EU VAT

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

Mediator Barcelona

Our specialist Maria Serra (lawyer and mediator in Barcelona) explains how mediation works and what its main techniques are.

MANDATORY RETIREMENT UNDER A collective bargaining agreement

Can my employer force me to retire and dismiss me when I turn 65? Although retirement has always been one of the recognised grounds for termination of an employment contract in…

Contributions to the Public Treasury: collective dismissal

"We advise on all employment matters and collective dismissals. It is our speciality."

Pay Equality Applies to Variable Pay and Annual Bonuses Too

Employment Court (Juzgado de lo Social) No. 26 of Barcelona has ordered the company to pay €25,000 in damages for infringement of the fundamental right to equality and…

How to Change the collective bargaining agreement and Collective Bargaining

Collective bargaining matters are highly case-specific, and you need a specialist in collective bargaining to define the boundaries of rights and obligations under a collective…

objective dismissal for Repeated Sick Leave

An employee on sick leave can be dismissed. What is not permitted is maintaining a policy of dismissing employees whenever they go on sick leave: High Court of Justice of…

Child Maintenance (Pensión de Alimentos)

One of the most practically significant changes introduced by the latest reform of the LEC (Spanish Civil Procedure Act), in force since May of this year, has been the…

Mediator Lawyer and Collaborative Law

Experts in spanish labour regulation - Employment collective dismissal

Multinational enterprises sometimes need to do some restructuring in one or more of the countries where they operate. This gives rise to collective dismissals, transfers,…

Family Mediation and company Mediation. Conflict Resolution

Obligations of companies with more than 50 employees

A practical guide to setting up a limited company in Spain

LAWYER Collaborative Law

Presentation on Collaborative Law

Employment lawyer

There are different ways to extinguish a contract in Spain: redundancies, disciplinary dismissal, contractual modifications, etc. Link to English-speaking employment lawyer

Article 34.8 Workers' Statute: Work-Life Balance & Equality Plans

Mandatory Pay Register (Salary Audit) for Companies

Article 28.2 of the Workers' Statute requires companies to maintain a pay register, with the aim of ensuring transparency in the structure of remuneration within companys, kept in…

Occupational Diseases Arising from Silicosis

occupational illness, disability, and CIVIL LIABILITY and criminal liability OF MARBLE WORKERS IN CASES OF SILICOSIS:

HOW TO MOTIVATE YOUR EMPLOYEES - by Jörg Lahmann

You've probably seen it before: someone at your company, on your team, let's call her Ana, who just isn't motivated. Every morning she arrives at the office in a bad mood, makes…

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. …

Consequences of Business Succession in an Insolvency Sale

The Fine Line Between Employment and Commercial Relationships: ONLINE DELIVERY RIDERS

The Cour de cassation in France, the equivalent of the Supreme Court in Spain, has ruled that the contractual relationship between delivery riders working for online platforms…