Category: Labor law trends
Video surveillance at work: legal keys to proper use
Article 20.3 of the Workers’ Statute allows the employer to adopt the measures it deems most appropriate to verify compliance with the employees’ labor obligations and duties. One such measure can be video surveillance. In this post we provide a practical guide on its use. Article 89 of Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on […]
Artificial Intelligence: Can It Also Help Prevent Occupational Hazards?
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. The International Labor Organization (ILO) annually commemorates World Day for Safety and Health on April 28. To this end, this year it launched the campaign “Revolutionizing health and […]
Work center or place of work? A difference that marks important legal obligations
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 of work. The Workers’ Statute (WS) defined the concept of work center […]
The key role of good faith in the reduction and adaptation of working hours due to legal guardianship
The improvements introduced in recent years in rights of work-life balance consisting of reducing or adapting the working day have created interpretative doubts about their application and possible scope. Conflicts have arisen when, for example, the company considers that the case on which the person is relying is not accredited, or when there is no […]
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 […]
Ten possible changes in labor legislation expected by 2025
2025 is set to be a key year for labor relations in Spain, as major reforms that have been in the pipeline in recent times are expected. The reduction of the working day and other changes in working hours, possible changes in compensation for dismissals or termination of the contract due to permanent disability, the […]