by Ambre | Apr 7, 2023 | Legislation
A law dated 7 April 2023 and a royal decree dated 1 May have amended the legislation covering protection against retaliation by the employer, in response to complaints of discrimination and violence, bullying or sexual harassment at work. These laws will enter into...
by Ambre | Mar 30, 2023 | Legislation
Just over two years after the European Commission put forward its proposal (see IR Notes 159), the European Parliament has definitively adopted the directive on pay transparency (see press release and Pay transparency). The directive now has to be approved by the...
by Ambre | Mar 28, 2023 | Legislation
On 23 March, Parliament passed a law on sexual harassment, implementing the tripartite agreement concluded on this subject in March 2022. The government emphasises that the text is intended to support the “necessary cultural change in every workplace”. The law imposes...
by Ambre | Mar 17, 2023 | Industrial relations
The Minister of Employment, Yolanda Díaz, has presented a report on insecure employment and mental health. She stresses that this report “also sends a message, loud and clear, that mental health is linked to inequality and reminds us that the impact on mental health...
by Ambre | Mar 1, 2023 | Legislation
The government has reconsidered the social dialogue reform of 2011, which eradicated collective bargaining at national level and downgraded the role of branch agreements in favour of decentralised collective bargaining at companies with more than 21 employees. This...