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On 5 October 2012, two of the leading political parties lodged a constitutionality challenge to the Spanish Constitutional Court against the Labour Reform Act 3/2012 ("Act 3/2012"). The challenge was admitted on 5 November 2012, but no decision has yet been rendered.

The Spanish Constitutional Court has, nevertheless, already rejected a constitutionality challenge, lodged on 16 April 2012 by Labour Court 30 of Madrid, challenging the constitutionality of some provisions of Act 3/2012 – mainly the abolition of processing salaries when a dismissal is declared unfair. The Constitutional Court deemed it inadmissible on 16 October (Decision 191/2012) on the basis that it did not properly comply with constitutional importance requirements in connection with the Labour Court's decision in the main trial.

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