Energie

Extension of energy measures for social and business protection and the promotion of renewable energies

01 FEB 2024

Energie

Energie

By means of Royal Decree-Law 8/2023, adopting measures to deal with the economic and social consequences of the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, and to alleviate the effects of the drought, approved on 27 December, the government extended for six months certain temporary energy measures that were due to expire on 31 December.

Steuerlich

Tax updates: talent attraction

11 DEZ 2023

Steuerlich

Steuerlich

The Ministry of Finance has urgently resolved the situation of foreign workers who relocated to Spain in 2022 or 2023 to engage in entrepreneurial or high-skilled activities, in accordance with Law 28/2022, promoting the ecosystem of emerging companies. These professionals had the possibility to benefit from the well-known "Beckham Law," a ...

Arbeit

Inefficacy of the right to digital disconnection in the face of the availability bonus

09 NOV 2023

Arbeit

Arbeit

The Madrid High Court of Justice ruled on 17 July 2023 that Employees who have agreed to receive an availability bonus with the Company are not entitled to digital disconnection. Specifically, the judgment is issued in a case in which employees working for a digital services company to which the II Convenio ...

Streitigkeiten

Considerations on the Cassation Appeal. The Supreme Court does not constitute the third instance

20 JUL 2023

Streitigkeiten

Streitigkeiten

Within our legal system, the cassation appeal is regulated as an exceptional appeal and not as a “third instance”. That is to say, it is not possible to claim a judgment on appeal mereley because it is considered that an incorrect evaluation of evidence has been made or that allegations have...

IP/Medien

The new EU-US Data Privacy Framework is now in force

13 JUL 2023

IP/Medien

IP/Medien

The European Commission has finally adopted a new adequacy decision for data transfers between Europe and the US. The new EU-US Data Privacy Framework provides new safeguards to address the points raised by the Court of Justice of the European Union. Furthermore, it offers the possibility of transferring personal data ...

Arbeit

Does your company have a whistleblowing channel? Risks of failure to implement one

16 JUN 2023

Arbeit

Arbeit

Obligation to implement an internal whistleblowing channel in companies.

Arbeit

First Decision of the Supreme Court (Labour Division) on daily time recording

06 JUL 2022

Arbeit

Arbeit

The Supreme Court (Labour Division) (no. 299/2022, of 5 April) has issued its first Decision on the daily recording of working hours, obliging all companies to record the daily working hours of their employees, in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree-Law 8/2019, of 8 March, on urgent measures for social protection and the ...

Energie

News on RD 450/2022, amending the Código Técnico de la Edificación [Technical Building Code (CTE)] with new energy requirements.

30 JUN 2022

Energie

Energie

The CTE was created by Law 38/1999 with the purpose of establishing the basic quality requirements for buildings and their installations. This RD introduces a new basic energy saving requirement relating to the minimum provisions for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, under the new Section HE6 “Minimum provisions for electric vehicle charging in...

IP/Medien

Last call to adapt data processing assignment contracts

27 MAI 2022

IP/Medien

IP/Medien

May 25, 2022 was the deadline for adapting data processing contracts signed before 25 May 2018 to the current law. Consequently, as of yesterday, all data commissioning contracts currently in force must comply with the obligations provided for in both Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the ...

Streitigkeiten

The statute of limitations for civil liability in criminal proceedings

09 MAI 2022

Streitigkeiten

Streitigkeiten

On 13 November 2020, the Supreme Court passed judgment no. 4056/2020, which analyses whether the statute of limitations and/or the expiry of civil liability in criminal proceedings can be applied. Specifically, the Provincial Court of Barcelona sentenced a person to pay compensation of more than 130,000 euros in damages for the commission of ...