Employment

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…

Consequences of Classifying a Work Accident in Portugal

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dismissal: BARBULESCU CASE: An IT policy does not override the right to privacy

Following the ruling handed down on 5 September 2017 by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which overturned the Court's earlier ruling of 12 January…

LabLaboral: Working Hours Oversight Debated at Conesa Legal

At Conesa Legal, we are delighted with the success of our second LabLaboral, working breakfasts that bring together professionals from the sector to share ideas and the latest…

Conesa Legal breaks down the key points of the French labour reform in Porto

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…

Workers in Contact with Minors: the company's Obligation to Request Criminal Records

Companies hiring staff who will have contact with minors must require a criminal record certificate.

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…

Sales Representatives as Potential In-House Sellers in the company

The Royal Decree 1438 of 1 August 1985 sets out the characteristics of the special employment relationship applicable to commercial representatives.

ILO: "Global Wage Growth Has Halved"

In a press release, the ILO (International Labour Organization) has outlined the key findings of its report: having analysed data from 115 countries, representing 94% of the…

New Labour Reform

ILO: Ending Austerity Is the Key to Saving Jobs

The right to strike: regulation and company obligations

Strike action in Spain is governed by legislation dating back to 1977, a Royal Decree-Law that no government has since fully replaced, and which many consider ill-suited to the…

New Forms of Absenteeism and Their Treatment in Case Law

The use of company computers for purposes unrelated to work duties has posed a significant challenge for both employers and courts, one that has, at times, generated contradictory…

The company-Level Agreement: the Star Guest of the Collective Bargaining Reform

The trend over the past two decades or more has been towards deregulation of the employment sphere. Since the reform introduced by Law 11/1994, there has been a gradual effort to…

Labour Reform Special: Previous Regulations and Key Changes

Employer and Trade Union Agreement on Collective Bargaining and Employment

The agreement signed by employers' associations CEOE and CEPYME and trade unions CCOO and UGT comes at a time when the latest unemployment rate recorded by the Ministry of Economy…

Gender-based violence in the workplace

Gender-based violence can occur, and does occur, in every area of a person's life, both private and public. Much attention has been given to domestic violence, but it is equally…

The Employment & Social Security Audit

The concept of auditing, which was originally associated primarily with the financial sphere, has evolved considerably, moving from a simple function of oversight and scrutiny to…

Workplace Health & Safety Action Plan for Influenza A

Implications of Swine Flu (H1N1) for the workplace. Government recommendations for companies to consider.

TRADE Compensation – Damages Upon Contract Termination

The Law 20/2007, of 11 July, on the Self-Employed Workers' Statute and the subsequent Royal Decree 197/2009, of 23 February, which develops the Self-Employed Workers' Statute in…

Updates to the Latest General Construction Collective Agreement

*Resolution of the Directorate-General for Labour, 1 August 2007.

The Prevention of Psychosocial Risks in the Company

Psychosocial risks: Work-related stress, burnout syndrome, mobbing, sexual harassment, and physical violence are some forms in which these work-related disorders can manifest,…

Equality Plan Template – Request a Sample Equality Plan

After much anticipation, the Organic Law on Effective Equality between Women and Men was finally published on 23 March, having been approved in a plenary session with no votes…

Employment Promotion Programme

Requirements for the Correct Hiring of Agency Workers

"Temporary Employment Agency Regulations" The legal framework governing the activities of temporary employment agencies (ETTs) was definitively established in its fundamental…

Employment Contracts in Force III

We continue our overview of the key features of current employment contracts, with the aim of providing useful guidance when deciding which contract type best suits the…

New Subcontracting Rules in the Construction Sector

Law 32/2006, recently published in the Spanish Official Gazette (BOE) No. 250 of 19/10/2006, which regulates subcontracting in the construction sector, will come into force from…

Current Employment Contracts I

We thought it would be useful to create a "reference section" covering the different types of employment contracts currently in force in Spain, setting out the specific…