Squire Patton Boggs | Spain | 22 Oct 2010
Europe has recently been hit by a wave of anti-austerity protests.
Squire Patton Boggs | European Union, Spain | 22 Oct 2010
In Spain female employees are allowed to take time off work - up to an hour during the day or a half-hour reduction in the working day - to feed a baby under nine months of age.
Squire Patton Boggs | Spain | 18 Aug 2010
Legislation introducing a range of measures designed to breathe new life into Spain's jobs market came into effect on 18 June.
Squire Patton Boggs | Spain | 14 Jun 2010
New legislation in Spain (Royal Decree 8/2010) has introduced several measures aimed at alleviating the effects of the current economic crisis.
Squire Patton Boggs | Spain | 30 Apr 2010
The Spanish Supreme Court recently held that a company is not responsible for an accident which occurs on its premises but not in its workplace (i.e. the place where it carries out its business activities) if the injured employee works for a subcontractor company which carries out a different business from that of the company.
Squire Patton Boggs | Spain | 25 Feb 2010
In Spain, one way to terminate employment contracts is via collective redundancy proceedings based on economic, technical, organisational or production reasons (known in Spain as 'ERE').
Squire Patton Boggs | Spain, United Kingdom | 22 Dec 2009
Under Spanish law, the dismissal of a pregnant employee will generally be found to be invalid, with the consequent obligation on the employer to reinstate the employee to her job and to pay her the wages that would have been due to her from the dismissal until the date of the judgment.
Squire Patton Boggs | Spain, United Kingdom | 29 Oct 2009
Following a decision by Catalunya’s Superior Court of Justice earlier in the year, it seems that serious verbal abuse of a more senior colleague may not always be a ground for dismissal.
Squire Patton Boggs | Spain | 26 Jun 2009
New legislation came into force on 6 March as a result of the need for urgent action to address Spain’s worsening economic situation.
Squire Patton Boggs | Spain | 23 Apr 2009
The Spanish government is considering introducing measures to stop employers using early retirement as a way of cutting jobs in the current climate.