Category: International labor law
The use of AI in people management requires new guarantees to avoid gender bias
Artificial intelligence (AI) applied to people management (selection, hiring, promotion, and remuneration) can perpetuate and amplify gender biases if algorithms learn from historical data with inequalities. In application of European and Spanish regulations, organizations can reduce this risk by auditing their AI systems, integrating the gender perspective, guaranteeing human supervision and training their teams to […]
Pay equity: the path towards eliminating gender pay gaps
Every February 22, Equal Pay Day is commemorated in Spain. Multiple actions deployed at the international, European and Spanish levels promote the equalization of working conditions between both sexes. In this post we review the most recent and outstanding ones, focusing on Directive (EU) 2023/970, of May 10, pending transposition. One of the first important […]
Digital Labor Collection 2025
We put the finishing touch to the year 2025 by sharing this Labor and Employment Digital Collection in which we compile our newsletters, publications (Labor and Employment, and ESG) and Labor & Employment Blog posts. It is an excellent opportunity to review the most relevant labor and employment issues of this year and those that […]
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: an overview of the legislation applicable in Spain
In the week in which the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed, we review the main international, European and Spanish regulations that seek the elimination of racial discrimination in the workplace. In 1966, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed March 21 as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial […]
The urban legend of the ‘digital nomad’
Legend has it that in Spain there are ‘digital nomads’ who can work from here for foreign companies from outside the European Union. But this legend does not explain what employment legislation is applicable and what social security system covers them. We will see below that there is no regulatory answer to these doubts because […]
‘Riders’ law’ and platform work directive: challenges ahead
On November 11, 2024, Directive (EU) 2024/2831 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 on improving working conditions in platform work was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). Its transposition by the Member States (which deadline is December 2, 2026) will bring with it new and […]