Employment law

25 Mar 2026

Cooperatives are also prohibited from approving workforce reduction agreements under the same conditions.

10 Feb 2026

The most critical deadline in Spanish employment law is 20 calendar days to challenge a dismissal at SMAC. Missing this deadline permanently extinguishes your right to claim unfair dismissal (despido improcedente) — no exceptions, no extensions.

26 Jan 2026

By 2026, the SMI has accumulated an increase of over 60% since 2018, far outpacing inflation over that period.

18 Jan 2026

In the most serious cases — for example, repeated very serious infractions — penalties can reach €225,018, plus reputational damage and potential.

22 Jul 2025

The finiquito is due on the last day of work; case law accepts up to five working days as a reasonable margin for payment to reach the employee.

7 Jul 2025

The move from 40 to 37.5 hours represents a reduction from approximately 1,826 to 1,712 effective working hours per year per employee — roughly 114.

5 Apr 2025

The most rigorous study available is Iceland's 2015-2019 public sector pilot (2,500 workers), which found that productivity held steady or improved.

4 Sept 2023

If your company has 50 or more employees, preparing and implementing an equality plan is mandatory.

14 Aug 2023

Where a sector agreement applies, its minimum salary and overtime provisions always set a floor that the individual employment contract cannot.