PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 2021 IN THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY
BOE 02-11-2020 Here is the PUBLIC HOLIDAY CALENDAR for the VALENCIAN COMMUNITY in 2021, which you might find useful to plan your holidays and other professional activity periods. Calendar of non-working days, for paid and non-recoverable work purposes. DAY MONTH PUBLIC HOLIDAY 1 January New Year’s Day 6 January The Epiphany 19 March Father’s Day […]
Domestic Workers Inspection Campaign
The Spanish Labour and Social Security Inspectorate has embarked on an Action Plan to standardize the wages and Social Security contributions of the domestic workers sector. The inspection campaign focuses on employers of domestic workers to try and standardize the wages that are below the guaranteed minimum wage (SMI) and the correlative standardization of the […]
New agreement to prolong the ERTES until the 31st of May, 2021
In our press release dated the 29th of January, 2021 we gave you updates on the main developments concerning the extension of the temporary lay-off plans, which are known as ERTES (Temporary Employment Regulation Files), until the 31st of May, 2021, which was approved by the Royal Decree law 2/2021 and published in the BOE […]
National budget 2021 – New developments in the area of employment
matters published in the Law 11/2020, dated the 30th of December on the National Budget, which came into force on the 1st of January, 2021: Contribution bases 2021 With regard to the minimum contribution bases, according to the professional categories and the contribution groups, from the 1st of January, 2021 and with regard to those […]
Local public holidays in 2021 – Province of Alicante
On the 29th of December, 2020, the calendar of local public holidays in the different towns of the Valencian Community for 2021 was published in the DOGV (Official Gazette from the Valencian Regional Government). The local public holidays of some of the towns of the Province of Alicante are as follows: AGOST: 10th of March, […]
Equality plans and equal pay measures 2021
Following the publication of the Royal Decree 901/2020 and the Royal Decree 902/200 of the Royal Decree 901/2020 last October, the new regulatory environment concerning equality plans and equal pay measures includes rules with different effective dates, which in some cases, are subject to transition periods until 2022. EQUALITY PLANS We would like to remind […]
Self-employed workers. Fourth annual time period to change the contribution base
Deadline: 31st of December, 2020 We would like to remind anyone who is part of the Special Scheme for Self-Employed Workers that they can change the contribution base of their existing social security contributions FOUR TIMES A YEAR and choose another base within the established limits and as long as they request this specifically at […]
Priority for workers affected by ERTE measures when it comes to accessing training.
On the 27th of November, 2020, the Official State Gazette (BOE) published the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy Order TES/1109/2020 pursuant to which when it comes to accessing training, priority is given to workers who have been affected by Temporary Employment Regulation File (ERTE) measures, both in the case that it is due to […]
News about the permits for birth and child care
As we have already said in previous circulars, for the first time ever, from the 1st of January, 2021 the permit for birth and child care for both parents will be equal, which means that they will be able to enjoy 16 weeks of benefits. The Royal Decree Law on urgent measures to guarantee equal […]
Can companies record the conversations of their employees at work?
The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) recently adopted a new Resolution pursuant to which a company can be fined if the employees’ conversations are recorded by their superiors, when they have not been informed about this beforehand. This resolution highlights the need for a balance that must exist between the right of companies to be […]
