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ERTEs due to force majeure. How long do the authorities have to resolve them?
The avalanche of temporary redundancy procedures (ERTEs) due to force majeure that have been submitted since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis has led several autonomous communities (to date, Castilla y León, Galicia, Islas Baleares, Comunidad Valenciana, Aragón, Asturias and Murcia) to generally extend the term in which the labor authorities are required to resolve […]
Resuming of non-essential activities: What should be taken into account?
The role of companies as guarantors of the health and safety of their employees is having an impact on the general welfare of the population. The following is a review of everything companies have to take into account in this new scenario, after resuming non-essential activities. Thursday, April 9 saw the formal termination of the […]
The ERTEe (temporary layoff procedure) in times of COVID-19
The effects of COVID-19 were already being felt by companies weeks ago. It was forcing them to look into the possibility of taking measures aimed at reducing working hours or suspending the contracts of some of their employees. The exponential increase in the number of people affected by COVID-19, in what is an unprecedented health […]
What can parents do when their kids’ schools are canceled due to coronavirus?
Some of the measures taken by public authorities to help curb the spread of coronavirus have had a major impact on the workplace and raise questions about how the measures should best be applied in employment relationships. In the past few days, many parents have been affected by one of the government’s measures to curb […]
Severance pay for the termination of a temporary contract can be offset against severance pay for an unjustified dismissal
The Supreme Court has determined that, if the termination of a temporary contract is declared to be an unjustified dismissal, companies do not have to pay double severance. Rather, the severance pay of 33 days’ pay per year worked will be subtracted from the severance pay of 12 days’ pay per year for the termination […]
Dismissal based on absenteeism: chronicle of a death foretold
law on grounds of urgency and need, even though it had existed for forty years. This post analyzes the dying days of dismissal for absenteeism and the arduous battle to defend productivity. Since the publication of the Constitutional Court judgment of October 16, 2019, which upheld the constitutionality of section d) of article 52 of […]