It is well known that the first rule to be applied is the provisions of the Collective Agreement itself.

The amount of the Minimum Wage (MW) for the year 2018 is set at 735.9 euros per month, in fourteen payments, representing an increase of 4%, and 10,302.6 euros per year.

On 10 February 2018, Royal Decree 62/2018, of 9 February, was published in the Official State Gazette of RD 62/2018, amending the Regulation on the implementation of companies' pension commitments to employees and beneficiaries

Without analysing or interpreting all the possibilities or casuistry derived from the consideration of the concept of "payment of housing rent" as a regulatory salary ...

On 9 November 2017, the Official State Gazette published Law 9/2017, of 8 November, on Public Sector Contracts, transposing the European Parliament ...

What happens when a collective agreement loses its validity and there is no collective agreement that provides a solution?

The media have recently echoed two judgments handed down by the Social Courts assessing the existence of an employment relationship in those who had been providing their services as self-employed workers.

Analysis of the February 8th 2018 Supreme Court ruling

Alfredo Aspra and José Antonio Sanfulgencio analyze the approval of the Strategic Plan of the ITSS 2018 - 2010 and Royal Decree 192/2018, of 6 April, approving the statutes...

One of the most talked about matters since we began to advertise Employment Commentaries is the treatment given by the Social Order Courts to the installation of video surveillance cameras, whether they are permanent and visible or hidden and temporary.

To top off a year of innovative and advanced legal instruments, the Anti-Cyber and Information Technology Crimes Law (Law No. 175 of the year 2018) has been ratified and published in the official Gazette.

Uría Menendez remains top Spanish brand, while EY and PwC's profiles are growing – meanwhile, VdA is now the leading brand in Portugal

Alfredo Aspra and José Antonio Sanfulgencio analyse the main practical application measures contained in the Master Plan for Decent Work including mention of the four proposed legislation initiatives presented

Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission. Supervision of internal solvency models of investment services companies.

The innovative nature of the Barcelona economy is both a benefit and a burden for lawyers in the Catalan capital – meanwhile, if Catalonia was to achieve independence, the effect on its law firms...

Last Monday, 29th January 2018, Order ESS/55/2018, of 26th January, was published in the Official State Gazette ("BOE"), by which the legal rules on social security contributions ...