Publications - Labor and Employment
2024: main new legislation needing to be considered by companies in Spain
Professionals in the various practice areas at Garrigues take a look, from all angles of business law, at the main new legislation that companies will face in the coming year.
Introduction of important amendments to Work Compensation Funds’ legal framework
The introduced amendments are to convert the Work Compensation Fund (WCF) into a closed accounting fund with new objectives (supporting costs and investment in employees' housing, on their certified training as well as other investments agreed with…
The new "anti-crisis measures" regulation extends the minimum wage for the year 2023, the limitations for certain objective dismissals and includes changes in terms of contributions
Among other measures, the SMI, the partial retirement scheme and the provisions on redundancies resulting from the increase in the cost of energy are extended, the contribution bases are updated and the contribution for paid and unpaid traineeships…
Portugal: Work accident pensions increase by 6% for 2024
The value of pensions for accidents at work is updated annually, in line with the evolution of Portuguese GDP and the CPI in Portugal.
Portugal: Indexing reference for social aid updated to 509,26 euro in 2024
This index is the reference for several social security aids.
Spain: A new royal decree-law modifies the breastfeeding regime, unemployment and the priority of regional collective bargaining agreements
The regulation modifies the breastfeeding accumulation regime, the unemployment assistance regime and the priority of application of regional collective agreements.
Portugal: Retirement age increases to 66 years and 7 months in 2025
Considering the increase of life expectancy recorded in 2022 and 2023, the standard age to access retirement pension in the Portuguese general social security system in 2025 will increase to 66 years and 7 months.
On December 8, 2023, the new Official Mexican Standard on occupational health and safety conditions for remote work will come into force
Those individuals working remotely at least 40% of the week will be subject to specific rules related to their rights and obligations in connection with this employment modality.
Labor Newsletter - November 2023
Spain: The internal whistleblowing channel and its impact on labor relations (II)
In this second installment on the recently introduced whistleblower protection law, we analyze the requirements that the new Spanish regulation and the European directive establish regarding the implementation of the whistleblower channel and delve…
Portugal will raise the monthly minimum wage to 820 euros by 2024
It was published in the official gazette Decree-Law no. 107/2023, of 17 November, ruling the increase of the minimum monthly wage, with effects from January 1, 2024, onwards.
The work calendar in Spain for 2024 has been published
The Decision of October 23, 2023, by the Directorate-General of Labor, publishing the list of public holidays for 2024 has been published in the Official State Gazette, and sets out the public holidays for next year.