The new Spanish Startups Law: Special reference to stock options, carried interest and digital nomads regime
In Spain, an incipient ecosystem of emerging companies has developed for the last years driven by the success of digital companies born from small innovative projects, by the access to a vast knowledge and data on the Internet and advances in scientific and technical fields. This new economy is an important lever for growth and […]
Main social measures in defense of employment introduced by RDL 18/2020, of May 12
On 13 May, Royal Decree-Law 18/2020, of 12 May, on social measures to protect employment (“RDL 18/2020”) entered into force. Below is a summary of the main measures implemented by RDL 18/2020: 1. Specific measures in the field of temporary layoffs (expediente de regulación temporal de empleo or “ERTEs”) due to force majeure: The duration […]
Recoverable paid leave for employees providing non-essential services
As part of the state of alarm decreed by the Spanish government on 14 March 2020 for managing the public health crisis caused by COVID-19, the government has decided to further reduce the mobility of the population by approving Royal Decree Law 10/2020 of March 29, which regulates recoverable paid leave for employees providing non-essential […]
Complementary labour measures to mitigate the effects of COVID-19
On 28 March 2020, the Spanish Government has extended the state of alarm by 15 additional days (until 11 April 2020, inclusive). On the same day, Royal Decree-Law 9/2020, of March 27, 2020, adopting additional measures, in the field of employment, to soften the effects of COVID-19 (“RDL 9/2020”), was published. These new measures are […]
Temporary employment suspension of employment contracts and reduction in working hours
Download the PDF document here Nowadays, many companies are being forced to take/adopt measures to cope with the impact of Covid-19. From an employment-law perspective, among other measures, the vast majority of companies will have no choice but to carry out temporary layoffs based on suspension of employment contracts and reduction in working hours […]
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