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Is the professional athlete entitled to severance payment when voluntarily leaving the sports entity?
With the end of the European Championship, on the eve of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and in the middle of the summer soccer transfer market, professional sports become the center of attention. In this scenario, we analyze whether professional athletes have the right to be compensated when their own will prevents the renewal of […]
Right to privacy and digital disconnection: can the company call an employee on sick leave?
Absenteeism from work is a problem of concern to companies. One of its main causes is temporary incapacity, so it is common for organizations to consider implementing protocols to verify the employee’s state of health, in which the possibility of contacting the employee is contemplated. But can companies call employees on sick leave? According to […]
The new obligations of the European directive on transparency and equal pay that will have to be adopted in Spain in the next few years
The 2023 directive on equal pay for men and women contains a series of pay transparency measures that Member States will have to adopt. Although Spanish legislation already contains measures in this subject, the directive goes further. It is therefore advisable to prepare for the regulatory changes that will come with its transposition into Spanish […]
Fighting against child labor in the world: Spanish companies’ obligations to eradicate it
On the World Day against Child Labor, we review the obligations that companies in Spain must comply with to eradicate child labor in the world. These measures translate into reporting duties on their own personnel and those of the companies in their value chain in terms of human rights, including child labor. We also flag […]
The definition of ‘person with disability’ for the calculation of the 2% quota
The definition of the concept of ‘person with disability’ includes those who have been recognized permanent total disability (PTD), full permanent disability (FPD) or mayor invalidity (MI) pensions and pensioners of passive classes who have a retirement pension or retirement pension for permanent incapacity for service or futility. The latest regulatory changes and those expected […]
How the Supreme Court counts periods of inactivity in seasonal contracts
We analyze the rulings of the Spanish Supreme Court on how periods of inactivity in seasonal contracts are counted for seniority bonus, loyalty bonus, professional promotion or severance pay. During the not much more than two years in which the reform of Article 16 of the Workers’ Statute regulating seasonal contracts has been in force, […]