Flexible retirement: more incentives and new formulas to return to the labor market from August 28, 2026

From 28 August 2026, Spanish retirees will have more options to return to the labor market without completely giving up their pension. Royal Decree 416/2026 opens the door for the first time to making retirement compatible with self-employment and improves conditions for those who opt for part-time employment. In this post we explain the most […]

New regulations on early retirement in arduous, toxic, dangerous or insalubrious activities

A new procedure has been established to determine the cases in which it is appropriate to bring forward the retirement age, through the application of reduction coefficients, in professional activities with exceptional hardship, toxicity, danger or insalubriousness. In this post we explain the main new features to be aware of. On 17 June 2025, Royal […]

Self-employment and retirement pensions: the uncertainty grows

The Law on urgent self-employment reforms brought with it the possibility for self-employed workers to take advantage of a new form of active retirement, which enables them to continue to work on a self-employed basis and receive their entire pension. However, one year down the line, there are still many doubts surrounding this possibility. Law […]

The number of years of working life increase in the midst of uncertainty regarding sustainable pensions

Eurostat data shows an upward trend in the years spent on the labour force at a time when this is essential in order to support the benefit system. In the midst of the debate on the creation of ways to keep workers on the labour force after the usual retirement age in an attempt to […]

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Partial retirement and concentration of working hours

A business practice that has long been demanded and, in many cases, applied, using various different formulas, despite its rejection by the National Social Security Institute and to a large extent by the Spanish courts, is that of concentrating the working hours corresponding to the entire duration of partial retirement, in a single period. Interest […]