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The Government gives the green light to the Draft Law on Trademarks
The procedures for granting trademarks are simplified for the benefit of citizens and businesses. This represents a significant step forward in the fight against piracy because it will be possible to prohibit the use of a trademark and prevent the introduction of goods, without...
Published the regulatory modification to equalize the duration of unemployment benefits for "vertical" and "horizontal" part-time workers
By Royal Decree 950/2018, of July 27, published in the BOE of July 28, 2018, the Spanish regulations for the calculation of part-time unemployment benefits are adapted to the ECJ of November 9, 2017 (C-98/2015). Since July 29, 2018, the Spanish regulations for the calculation of part-time unemployment benefits are adapted to the ECJ of November 9, 2017 (C-98/2015).
Labor proposes creating a prosecutor's office against labor crimes
The Inspection Plan for Decent Work began to be implemented on 1 August. The Government has already given the green light to the project against labour exploitation. The Plan for Decent Work will consist of 75 measures to combat fraud in the labour market.
New contribution bases for self-employed workers
Following the approval and subsequent publication of Law 6/2018, of July 3, on the General State Budget for the year 2018, the new amounts of the contribution bases provided for the Special Regime for Workers by Social Security come into force...
The Bank of Spain sees the variable part of the wage agreement as “positive”
The regulator calls for caution when applying the increase of the lowest salaries to 1,000 gross euros per month The Bank of Spain has liked the first part of the wage agreement signed by unions and employers: the one that recommends an increase...
Murcia Chamber of Commerce acknowledges that concern persists and unions denounce job insecurity
The Chamber of Commerce of Murcia has stated that the data offered by the EPA show "an intense creation of employment in the Region, although in interannual terms we are below the national average". It also recognises that "the lack of employment persists".
The universal flat rate of 50 euros for the self-employed will end in 2019
The group will contribute in brackets based on actual income The universal flat rate for new self-employed workers has its days numbered. This was agreed yesterday at a meeting between the two major associations of self-employed workers - the Association of Self-Employed Workers (Asociación de Trabajadores Autónomos)...
Agreement to raise the minimum wage to 1,000 euros in 2020
The Prime Minister has promised to raise the minimum wage by 361% over two years, as requested by the opposition. No worker should earn less than 1,000 euros a month. This was the objective of the document signed by the unions and the...
50 violations for workplace discrimination as a result of 1,300 inspections carried out
The actions taken by the Labour Department since 2016 reveal greater awareness, especially in the area of gender, although the rate of sanctions is low. Discrimination at work, especially gender discrimination, is a more than evident reality, no matter how much...








