COVID-19: PEOPLE: KEY LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS IN EMPLOYMENT LAW (SPAIN)

In this summary, we bring you our most recent insights on immediate and evolving employment issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

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Our recent publications include:

COVID-19: POTENTIAL LEGAL IMPACT (LATEST DEVELOPMENT) (SPAIN) - 3 April

This briefing looks at the new regulations published in Spain to address the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. These include:

• Royal Decree-law 11/2020, of 31 March, which adopts additional urgent social and economic measures to tackle COVID-19; and
• Royal Decree-law 10/2020, of 29 March, which establishes a recoverable paid leave for employees that do not provide essential services with the aim of reducing the movement of people in the fight against COVID-19.

We have analysed the most significant impacts that the new measures will have here.

COVID-19: PEOPLE: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN EMPLOYMENT LAW (SPAIN) - 31 March

We have summarised the key points relating to the Royal Decree-law 9/2020, dated 27 March which adopts a series of supplementary measures in employment matters to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. We also look at the Royal Decree-law 10/2020, which regulates recoverable paid leave for workers in non-essential services, which was subsequently published on 29 March 2020.

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COVID-19: PEOPLE: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN EMPLOYMENT LAW (SPAIN) - 20 March

Following the World Health Organization's announcement on 11 March 2020 that the COVID-19 outbreak had reached pandemic proportions, strict recommendations for countries’ health authorities to adopt isolation policies and to close businesses that could generate a risk of contagion were issued. Due to the spread of the disease in Spain, the Government adopted a series of measures in the form of:

• the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of emergency to tackle the health emergency caused by COVID-19,
• the Royal Decree 465/2020, of 17 March, amending Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of emergency to tackle the health emergency caused by COVID-19, and
• the Royal Decree-law 8/2020, of 17 March, on extraordinary measures to tackle the economic and social impact of COVID-19.

All of these provisions adopt extraordinary measures and have had a considerable impact on employment law. To read more about these, click here.

COVID-19: POTENTIAL LEGAL IMPACT (LATEST DEVELOPMENTS) (SPAIN) - 19 March

For more detail on the legal impacts of the Royal Decree-law 8/2020, of 17 March, including employment related issues, click here.

COVID-19: POTENTIAL LEGAL IMPACT (SPAIN) - 17 March

For further details of the key elements of the Royal Decree 436/2020, of 14 March and the impact on different areas of business including employment law, click here.