Feb 1, 2023 | Legislation
On 1 February, in response to a United States law (the Inflation Reduction Act – IRA) that is intended to encourage the environmental transition of American industry, the European Commission presented a communication on the Green Deal Industrial Plan. The aim is to...
Jan 20, 2023 | Legislation
On 12 May, Parliament passed a law on protection for whistleblowers (see press release), after the two chambers reached a compromise (see press release). Companies with more than 50 employees will have to create internal points of contact for whistleblowers to use....
Jan 10, 2023 | Legislation
Evaluation of the quality framework for traineeships On 10 January 2023, the European Commission published an evaluation of the European Quality Framework for Traineeships, which was adopted in the form of a Council recommendation in 2014 (see press release). This...
Dec 29, 2022 | Legislation
Finance law no. 197 of 29 December 2022, which has been criticised by the trade unions for not providing a sufficiently robust response to the effects of inflation (see press release and memorandum published by the CGIL labour confederation), contains a number of...
Dec 21, 2022 | Legislation
Law 28/2022 of 21 December 2022 on promoting the start-ups ecosystem, seeks to position Spain in the forefront in this area, with a package of specific measures in the fiscal, commercial, civil and employment fields. These provisions include the objective of...