The Labour Reform, published by Royal Decree-Law 32/2021 dated December 28, 2021, has the essential purpose of reducing the level of precariousness and the high rate of temporary employment in the Spanish Labour market. To this end, and to promote permanent contracts, various measures are implemented aimed at strengthening the legal limitations for the use […]

An occupational accident, when accompanied by a lack of safety measures, can lead to the company having to assume a series of responsibilities. The Law on the Prevention of Occupational Risks establishes the obligation of companies to ensure the health and safety of their workers, providing them with effective protection against occupational risks. Failure to […]

The hiring of student interns by companies using the formulation “internship agreement” signed with schools or universities has increased significantly in recent years. This type of agreement is very attractive for the company, since labour law is not applicable to the student interns (there is no mandatory minimum wage, or severance pay, etc.), and, in […]

The Judgment of the Constitutional Court of July 3, 2019 has annulled the current system of calculation of retirement pension for part-time workers, on the understanding that this system implies a violation of equal rights for full-time employees and part-time employees, as well as indirect gender discrimination against women. The aforementioned calculation system had two […]

Pamplona Employment Tribunal No. 3 has settled a claim for disciplinary dismissal in a case of aggression on account of a fistfight between two company employees who came to blows. At the end of the working day, two employees were recorded by the company’s video surveillance cameras engaging in a fight in the car park, […]