Is the requirement of a prior appointment by the Administration illegal?
The annual report of the Síndic de Greuges for 2022, recently presented before the Valencian Courts, has publicly denounced a violation of legality by the Generalitat Valenciana, provincial councils and town halls: the administration cannot require citizens to make a mandatory appointment if they want to be assisted in person by an official at the customer service offices.
In Spain, Law 39/2015, of October 1, on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations, establishes the norms that govern the activity of the public administration, submitting all the actions of the public administration to the principles of legality, effectiveness, efficiency, transparency, good faith and service to citizens. READ MORE
Management and control of temporary disability processes
As of April 2023, workers will no longer be required to provide the company with the leave, registration or confirmation in temporary disability processes, as regulated in Royal Decree 1060/2022. READ MORE
Self-employed workers will contribute based on their real income from 2023
We remind you that, as of January 1, 2023, the contribution of self-employed workers will be determined by net income. Royal Decree-Law 13/2022 of July 26, has established a new contribution system for real income, a mechanism that will be applied progressively from 2023 to 2032, the date from which the system will be fully implemented. . READ MORE
Draft of the Land Law: new rules in territorial and urban planning
On December 13, 2022, the Council of Ministers approved the Draft Law for the modification of Royal Legislative Decree 7/2015, of October 30, which approves the revised text of the Land and Urban Rehabilitation Law (TRSLRU). A preliminary project that is now beginning its processing and that will provide new rules for territorial and urban planning. The Government's intention is that it could be approved as a bill at the end of 2023, but this will depend on its parliamentary processing. READ MORE
Does the tax on non-reusable plastics affect you?
On January 1, the Law 7/2022, of April 8, on waste and contaminated soil for a circular economy. Within this Law, a special tax on non-reusable plastic containers is approved.
This indirect tax falls on the use in the Spanish territory of said products and its purpose is to prevent the generation of non-reusable plastic containers and encourage the recycling of plastic waste.
In this summary we clarify the most important points that may be of interest to companies.
Self-employed workers: new contribution system
In 2023 the self-employed in this country will face significant changes in terms of their contribution and control by the administrations in relation to their economic returns.
Domestic worker and unemployment: sex discrimination
Domestic workers in this country return to the present, as a result of a recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union, in which it is ruled that The exclusion of domestic workers from unemployment benefits, which is included in Spanish regulations, is contrary to Union law, considering that this group, almost exclusively women, constitutes indirect discrimination based on sex. READ MORE
Informative Circular: domestic employees, unemployment and discrimination by sex
The domestic workers of this country return to the present, as a result of a recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in which it rules that the exclusion of domestic workers from the unemployment benefits included in Spanish legislation is contrary to Union law, considering that this group, almost exclusively women, constitutes indirect discrimination on the basis of sex.
Informative Circular: extension of the ERTE and Interprofessional Minimum Wage
The Government has decided to extend once again and for a month the ERTE derived from the pandemic, due to the effect that it still has on certain sectors of our business fabric. All this is regulated in Royal Decree-Law 2/2022, of February 22. We summarize below the measures of this standard.
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Updated the instructions for the payment procedure to suppliers of the local administration
The Virtual Office for Financial Coordination with Local Entities (OVEL) published on February 10 the third edition of the document detailing the issues of interest for the application of the supplier payment procedure.