Gov’t greenlights ERTEs furlough plan through Sept 30th
Spain’s coalition government on Friday passed decree legislation that will extend the ERTEs temporary work furlough program through September 30th, following an…
Labour & Unemployment
Nissan, Alcoa closures loom large in economic downturn
Spain’s central government and regional authorities in Catalonia and Galicia have been left scrambling to avert imminent plant closures by multinationals Nissan…
Court rules against permanent use of interim employees
A Spanish judge in a district administrative court in Alicante has ruled that an employee of the Alicante municipality who had been…
Talks stall on temporary furlough scheme extension
The coalition government has been forced to delay legislation to extend through end-September a special ERTE temporary work furlough program implemented to…
Gov’t parties say PP seeks to limit recovery funding
The parties of Spain’s progressive coalition government have charged the country’s conservative opposition Partido Popular (PP) party with actively working in Brussels…
TOP HEADLINES: Coronavirus crisis in Spain …
Summary of some of the top headlines in national news media this morning, with links to the original sources in Spanish ……
Gov’t eyes rent moratorium, minimum income relief
Spain’s Vice-President for Economic Affairs Nadia Calviño confirmed on Monday that the government is considering a temporary moratorium on residential rent payments…
Iglesias to coordinate regional delivery of social services
Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa and 2nd Vice-President and Social Affairs Minister Pablo Iglesias announced in a joint press conference Thursday that…
COVID-19: 200bn euros to protect workers, businesses
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez announced Tuesday afternoon that the government will mobilize 200 billion euros in an unprecedented aid package financed with…
Gov’t pledges ‘shock plan’, COVID-19 cases top 1,600
Spain’s coalition government has moved to implement emergency measures as part of a comprehensive “shock plan” that President Pedro Sánchez says will…
Government approves rescue package for farm sector
The government’s Consejo de Ministros executive cabinet on Tuesday used Spain’s express Decreto Ley process to approve a package of 14 measures…
Workers protected from sacking for repeated sick leave
Spain’s new Socialist-led coalition government has taken a first step toward dismantling onerous sections of labour legislation pushed through Congress by the…
Sharp uptick in Spain’s January unemployment figures
Spain’s jobless figure for the month of January increased by 2.8 percent for a total of 90,248 unemployed individuals, while worker affiliation…
Court says delivery riders exploited as false autónomos
The highest appeals court in the regional community of Madrid has handed a victory to 532 riders for the Deliveroo courier service…
Labour, employers agree 950€ monthly min wage
Representatives of Spain’s leading labour unions and employers’ federations have struck a compromise agreement to raise the benchmark monthly minimum wage by…
Gov’t greenlights 2% pay rise for public sector workers
The new coalition government’s weekly Consejo de Ministros cabinet meeting has approved an immediate 2 percent hike in salaries for public employees…
Minister says migrants key to pension system solvency
In an unusual pitch that runs counter-current to the fear-mongering, anti-immigrant rhetoric of nationalist parties across Europe in recent years, Spain’s new…
Unions warn of gender-violence denial by right-wing
Spain’s leading labour union federations have called for vigilance against what they say is a campaign of gender-violence denial that threatens the…
CCOO takes on Hazte Oír, VOX for anti-LGBT campaign
► Labour federation files formal complaints over Hazte Oír, VOX campaigns ► CCOO says mass-mailing to schools is clearly homophobic, attacking diversity…
UGT leader calls for repeal of Rajoy-era labour ‘reforms’
► Pepe Álvarez welcomes Errejón’s ‘Más País’ to debate over labour legislation ► Leader sets end to “Gag Law”, workplace equality as…
Spain’s single-mother families at highest risk of poverty
► Women head 82% of single-parent households, highly vulnerable to poverty ► Study calls for ‘Monthly Living Income’, increase in child benefit…
European Court supports Spain’s push for overtime pay
? Gov’t requirement for accurate logs of hourly work gets backing from ECJ ? 376K Spaniards had been working 2.96mn overtime hours…
Trade unions seek repeal of Rajoy-era labour ‘reforms’
Spain’s trade-union movement took to the streets Wednesday, marching in more than 70 cities nationwide and demanding that the next government dismantle…
Court orders pay rise for NGO workers soliciting support
The highest court in Spain’s central region of Castilla-León has ordered non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and non-profit associations operating in Spain to stop…
Congress commission passes six gov’t decrees into law
The Spanish government on Wednesday secured majority votes in the 65-member Permanent Commission of Spain’s Congress to approve six Decretos Leyes (‘Decreed…
Pensions enter elections debate as PSOE, PP trade barbs
The debate over the pending reform of Spain’s public pensions system hit the campaign trail at the weekend, after Spanish President Pedro…
Gov’t plan aims to reverse Spaniards’ migration abroad
A plan announced late last month by the government of President Pedro Sánchez to underwrite the return to Spain of as many…
Gov’t decrees pave way for PSOE election campaign
The outgoing Socialist party (PSOE) government of President Pedro Sánchez plans to use Spain’s express Decreto Ley process over the coming weeks…
Largest unions back national 8th March feminist strike
Spain’s largest labour unions have agreed to back the upcoming 8th March national feminist strike with various work stoppages and actions, marking…
Podemos sinks pensions reform initiative in Congress
A last-ditch effort prior to upcoming national elections in April to push through Congress reforms to Spain’s public pension system was torpedoed…
Progressive Spain’s Top Ten Video Posts for 2018
Following are 2018’s ‘Top Ten Videos’ posted at Progressive Spain — our third annual selection based on a combination of the power,…