Employment contracts and unemployment
In a time of political uncertainty such as the present, one of the debates that becomes inevitable is the debate on unemployment and the influence that new policies have had on the contractual situation...
Tagged: Employment
Returning to work after retiring
These days, retirement no longer means that an employee’s professional career or working life is over. In previous posts in the blog we have looked at the possibility of imposing retirement as a means of ending an employment contract. In this entry,...
First flickers of the light at the end of the tunnel?
The financial downturn has gone on for so long now that it makes you want to just bury your head in the sand and wait for the whole thing to blow over: out of sight, out...
The Supreme Court declares a collective dismissal carried out prior to a business succession as null and void
In a judgment dated June 26, 2014, the Supreme Court declared the collective dismissal of employees of the Madrid Data Protection Agency (APDCM) as null and void, declaring the joint and several liability of the Madrid Regional...
The 35 hour week debate
As usual, in the run up to elections, labor relations feature prominently as one of the most crucial aspects under discussion in the political arena. The latest (although not the newest) issue is how...
Youth employment, “quo vadis”?
Mr. Lazlo Andor, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission, has made youth employment one of the priorities of his mandate. In April 2014 he presented in Madrid the Youth...
“New” standard employment contracts: real simplification?
Royal Decree-Law 16/2013, of December 20, 2013 on measures to encourage stable hiring and improve the employability of workers was published in the Official State Gazette on December 21, 2013. This law, which has...
Digital Agenda VII: Inclusion and employability
These past weeks we have been taking a look at some of the specific plans implementing the Digital Agenda for Spain, rubber-stamped by the Government on February 15, 2013, aimed at meeting the targets...
The presence of objective grounds in collective dismissals following the labor reform
In order to carry out collective dismissals, provided for in article 51 of the Workers’ Statute, the presence of an objective ground is required: whether economic, technical, organizational or production-related. Thus far, the labor...
Insults on a blog may be grounds for dismissal
A secondary school teacher who combined his teaching duties with his love of writing was dismissed from the school where he worked for using his blog to insult teachers and students alike. Scathingly and...