Limits on workplace dress code policies
Last August we posted an article on how a male worker in the UK decided to turn up for work in a dress, after previously having been reprimanded by the company for turning up...
Monthly Archive: October 2017
When ineptitude does not entail disability
This is one of the ongoing (and most incomprehensible) disputes that arise following temporary disability or sick leave. After using up the maximum sick leave, an employee goes to the Disability Assessment Team of...
Can I claim a refund of the tax on increase in urban land value if I sold for a profit?
As you already know, the Spanish Constitutional Court, in its judgment of May 11, 2017, declared various articles of the Local Finances Law (Ley Reguladora de las Haciendas Locales or LRHL) to be unconstitutional,...
The Half Year Conference will take place for the first time in Spain in November
Some time ago we were discussing with other local members of AIJA (“Association Internationale Des Jeunes Avocats”) that we should organize a different event in Spain and hold a half year conference (“HYC”). One...
The thin red line between volunteer work and an employment relationship
Recent decades have seen the growth of what is known as the third sector, or non-profit sector, due, among other things, to the increasingly voluntary, altruistic and selfless participation of society in activities of...
Teleworking: alternatives in view of the absence of legislative development
In February 2017, Eurofound and the ILO published the joint report entitled “Working anytime, anywhere: the effects on the world of work”, which analyzed the results of various studies carried out in 15 countries, including Spain, on the effects...
