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As a result of recent reforms to the INFONAVIT Law, a new obligation has been established for employers in Mexico: to cover the mortgage payments of housing loans for their workers when they are absent or incapacitated.
In April 2025, new rules on access to the retirement pension introduced by Royal Decree-Law 11/2024, of 23 December, to improve the compatibility of the retirement pension with work, came into force. Among other issues, the requirements for access…
In the Garrigues Labour Newsletter, we address the most relevant legal developments in the field of labour law in Spain.
Law 2/2025 seeks to adapt Spanish regulations to the approach taken at an international level and in Europe, to the protection of situations of disability in the workplace; the result however gives rise to numerous interpretation doubts.
Since May 1, 2025, in Spain, permanent disability has ceased to be a case of automatic termination of the employment contract. With the reform of article 49 of the Workers’ Statute, this termination is conditioned to a series of factors and subject…
Law 2/2025 comes into force on May 1, 2025, which eliminates the automatic termination of the employment contract due to permanent incapacity and makes it conditional on the employee’s will and the possibility of adaptation of the position or…
In this newsletter we compile the most relevant legal news on ESG matters in Spain, published by Garrigues and G-advisory.
On World Day for Safety and Health, commemorated every year on April 28, we reflect on the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence for preventing occupational hazards.
August 10, 2025 is the deadline for certain workplaces located in Catalonia (Spain) to adopt a company mobility plan, which must be drawn up with the participation of the workforce and is subject to a report from the competent territorial authority…
Determining whether a physical space where one or more employees provide services is a work center is crucial because this qualification gives rise to several specific formal obligations, which do not exist if it is not and it is just a mere place…
On April 3, Organic Law 1/2025, of 2 January, on measures in the field of efficiency of the Public Justice Service (LOSPJ, for the acronym in Spanish) comes into force, which introduces very relevant changes in social order procedures.
It was published in the official gazette Law no. 32/2025, of 27 March, which aimed to promote the rights of people with endometriosis or adenomyosis by strengthening their access to health care and creating a system of justified absences from…