Category: ESG
Environmental obligations of companies in the workplace and lack of regulation in Spain: the current challenge
Spanish law cannot be left out of the progress we are witnessing in environmental matters at both an EU and international level. Given the situation, businesses need to be ready to face the challenges set by Europe and how this will affect their production processes, paying special attention to the supervisory role that workers’ statutory […]
Can an employer be liable for discrimination against a female employee by a third party?
Neither the annual holding of International Women’s Day on March 8, or the profuse existing legislation prevent gender inequality scenarios from continuing to happen. The president of the European Commission was recently ignored by the Ugandan foreign affairs minister because she is a woman. The question that arises from this scenario is what claimable obligations […]
An equality plan, the best gift to celebrate International Women’s Day
This year’s International Women’s Day in 2022 is commemorated after the entry in force of the obligation for all companies (unless they have fewer than 50 workers) to draw up and implement an equality plan. The companies employing between 50 and 99 workers are already obliged to have an equality plan. For companies with larger […]
How to reduce the employer’s liability in work-related accidents with a preventive culture
As a basic foundation of occupational risk prevention obligations, Law 31/1995 of November 8, 1995 (LPRL) establishes the employer as the principal guarantor of the health and safety of the employees under its charge, given that it is the title holder of the authority of management and organization of the company. This involves liability on […]
Measures to reduce the environmental impact of work-related travel: A new trend?
Italy has recently approved measures aimed at reducing the environmental impact of workers to and from work. Other European Union countries may also decide to take steps in the same direction, so it could be the start of a new trend in the future of sustainable work-related mobility. The adoption of the “European Green Deal” […]
Attracting young talent: the “Tinderization” of employment relationships
Businesses have a huge challenge ahead: they will have to sharpen their wits to attract the attention of the new generations of professionals who join the labor market and are used to interacting in a digital world through applications in which immediacy and quick and easy access to information is the norm. In this context, […]