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A trade union offering a hotel voucher of EUR 100 as a “souvenir” of the election day to its participating members constitutes a breach of the freedom of association of the other trade unions because the trade union in question was indirectly asking to vote in favor of its members “in exchange of this voucher” (an action prohibited in the general elections in Spain). The trade union was sentenced to pay the other trade union damages in the amount of EUR 3,000 (instead of the claimed EUR 25,000) because out of the 15,000 members only 200 got the voucher and the results of the election were similar to those in previous years, so the breach did not have a serious impact on the result. Spanish SCJ Nov 10, 2021.

Have you heard about the new labor reform in Spain? Do you want to discover what is new? Read more to know all details of the new employment conditions in Spain: new fixed-term contracts, new temporary layoff schemes, major changes in conditions ruled by company CBAs and much more! This new regulation comes into force December 31, 2021 but there are some exceptions.

Click on the link to download our flashcard containing the opinion of the General Management of the Spanish Labor Authorities regarding the employment measures to fight Covid-19.

The Spanish edition of the Best Lawyers legal ranking just released its ranking of outstanding lawyers for 2019. Among other fantastic employment lawyers, our colleague Almudena Álvarez has been ranked in the Labor and Employment Law category.

Hostess girls have an employment relationship because there is dependency from employer for (i) having a fixed working time and schedule, and (ii) receiving a percentage of the drinks they sell to clients directly from the Company instead from the client himself. It is not prostitution because even if they are lightly dressed and flirt with clients, it does not mean they are willing to have sex. Appellate Court of Galicia 28/03/18