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Employment law advisory in Valencia — full-spectrum labour compliance and workforce management for Valencian businesses

Employment law advisory in Valencia for businesses. Labour contracts, redundancy, ERE/ERTE, collective bargaining, equality plans and representation before the Labour Inspectorate.

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The problem

Managing employment law in Valencia has become increasingly complex since Spain's 2022 labour reform fundamentally restructured the rules on temporary contracts. Businesses that have not adapted their hiring practices — replacing construction and service contracts (contratos de obra y servicio) with fixed-discontinuous or temporary production-circumstance contracts — face significant risk of judicial conversion to indefinite employment by the Valencia Social Courts. The Valencian business community also operates under a dense network of sector-specific collective agreements — metalworking, construction, hospitality, ceramics, footwear, agriculture, retail — each with their own salary scales, working time rules and entitlements that must be correctly applied. Mandatory obligations including daily working-time registration, equality plans for companies with 50 or more employees, anti-harassment protocols, and whistleblowing channels create additional compliance requirements that many businesses are not fully meeting.

Our solution

BMC provides comprehensive employment law advisory services in Valencia for businesses of all sizes and sectors: payroll and Social Security management, employment contract drafting and auditing under the reformed labour law, sector collective agreement application, ERE and ERTE management before the SEPE and the Valencian labour authority, and company representation before the Valencia Labour Inspectorate and the Social Courts. Our employment law team stays current with the latest legislative and case law developments and works preventively to manage risks before they become disputes.

Process

How we do it

1

Employment law compliance audit

We review your company's complete employment law position: all current contracts, applicable collective agreement, daily working-time registration system, equality plan and mandatory protocols, Social Security contributions, and any existing risks before the Labour Inspectorate. We deliver a written audit report identifying all risk areas and the corrective actions required.

2

Monthly payroll and Social Security management

We prepare monthly payrolls for all employees in accordance with the applicable collective agreement and current Social Security rules, calculate and submit monthly Social Security contributions, manage all employment changes (new hires, terminations, contract modifications), process sick leave certificates, and handle all communications with the INSS and the relevant Accident Insurance Mutual.

3

Contracts, collective agreements and regulatory compliance

We draft all employment contracts in accordance with the 2022 labour reform, verify that agreed terms meet the minimum salary under the applicable Valencia collective agreement, implement mandatory daily working-time registration, advise on and manage equality plan obligations for companies with 50 or more employees, and assist with anti-harassment protocols, whistleblowing channels, and disconnect rights policies.

4

ERE, ERTE and employment disputes

When a collective redundancy (ERE) or temporary workforce adjustment (ERTE) is required, we manage the process before the SEPE and the Valencian labour authority: design of the justification, management of the mandatory consultation period with workers' representatives, negotiation of the settlement terms, and if necessary, litigation support before the Valencia Social Courts. We also handle individual dismissals and SMAC conciliation proceedings.

150+
Companies in Valencia with active employment management
€225,000
Maximum fine per serious labour law violation
100%
Payrolls and Social Security filings on time

We have a construction company in Valencia with 80 employees under the provincial construction collective agreement. We had two Labour Inspectorate visits in three years before engaging BMC. They regularised our contract situation, implemented the working-time register, developed our equality plan, and trained our HR manager on the 2022 reform. No issues since.

Javier Montoliu Blasco Managing Director, Constructora Montoliu SA, Valencia

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Employment law advisory in Valencia: managing the post-reform compliance challenge

Spain’s 2022 labour reform — the most significant restructuring of Spanish employment law in decades — has created substantial compliance obligations for businesses across the country, with particular impact in Valencia’s employment-intensive sectors. Hospitality, construction, retail, logistics, and agricultural businesses that relied on the now-abolished obra y servicio contract to manage workforce flexibility must find compliant alternatives or face conversion to indefinite employment relationships by the courts.

BMC’s Valencia employment law practice combines preventive compliance management with practical dispute resolution expertise. We advise businesses before problems arise, not just after they have received a Labour Inspectorate notification.

Valencia’s collective agreement landscape

The density and diversity of collective bargaining in the Valencian Community creates a complex landscape for HR and payroll management. Among the most significant agreements affecting Valencia businesses:

  • Convenio del Metal de la Provincia de Valencia: Covering metalworking and manufacturing businesses, with detailed salary scales, overtime rules, and shift premiums
  • Convenio Provincial de la Construcción de Valencia: Applicable to construction companies, with sector-specific health and safety obligations
  • Convenio de Hostelería de la Comunitat Valenciana: Covering hotels, restaurants and catering across the community, with complex seasonal and part-time provisions
  • Convenio del Comercio de Valencia: Applicable to retail businesses in the province

Applying the correct agreement — and applying it correctly in terms of salary categories, working time, leave entitlements, and bonus calculations — is a prerequisite for avoiding Labour Inspectorate liability. BMC manages collective agreement compliance as part of every ongoing employment law engagement.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The applicable collective agreement depends on your sector of activity and the geographic scope of the agreement. In the Valencian Community, there are provincial collective agreements (for the Province of Valencia), Comunitat Valenciana-level agreements (covering the whole community), and national agreements (applicable throughout Spain). Key sectors with active Valencia-specific collective agreements include metalworking (Convenio del Metal de la Provincia de Valencia), construction, hospitality, retail, transport and ceramics. Identifying the correct agreement is one of the first steps in any employment law engagement with BMC.
An equality plan is mandatory for all companies with 50 or more employees, regardless of which Spanish region they operate in. Companies with between 50 and 100 employees were required to have an equality plan in place since March 2022. For companies with 100 or more employees, the obligation predates that. Non-compliance is a serious labour law infraction carrying fines of between €751 and €7,500, plus potential loss of public subsidies and exclusion from public contract eligibility. BMC develops, registers, and monitors equality plans for Valencia businesses of all sizes.
Spain's 2022 labour reform eliminated the widely-used obra y servicio (project/service) temporary contract and significantly restricted the circumstances in which the other main temporary contract — the eventualities contract (circunstancias de la producción) — can be used. Temporary contracts can now only be used for specific, predictable short-term production increases (maximum 90 days per year) or for genuine production substitutions. Any employment relationship that is recurring or structural must be covered by a permanent or fixed-discontinuous contract. Valencia businesses in hospitality, construction, and services have been particularly affected by this change and face significant litigation risk if their contracting practices have not been updated.
An ERTE (Expediente de Regulación Temporal de Empleo) allows a company to temporarily suspend some or all employees' contracts, or reduce their working hours, when specific economic, technical, organisational or production causes (ETOP) apply, or in cases of force majeure. During an ERTE, affected employees receive unemployment benefit from the SEPE and the company may benefit from Social Security contribution reductions if it maintains employment for a defined period after the ERTE ends. BMC manages the entire ERTE process for Valencia businesses: cause justification, mandatory consultation with workers' representatives, SEPE and Valencian labour authority notification, and follow-up compliance monitoring.
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