Entries by Giménez Torres Abogados

LEGAL ALERT – MODIFICATION OF THE REGULATION ON THE USE AND EXPOSURE OF WORKERS TO CARCINOGENS IN INDUSTRY

On July 2nd, 2024, Royal Decree 612/2024 was approved, amending Royal Decree 665/1997 of May 12, 1997, on the protection of workers against risks related to exposure to carcinogenic agents at work. The aforementioned Royal Decree 665/1997, a basic regulation on occupational risk prevention, addresses the measures for the protection of workers against risks related […]

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CURRENT REGULATION OF PAID LEAVES

 The modification of the paid leaves’ regime, derived from the entry into force of Royal Decree-Law 5/2023 of 28 June, established new minimum paid leaves to care for sick children and family members and to reconcile personal and family life regulated in article 37.3 of Royal Decree 2/2015 of 23 October, approving the Workers’ Statute […]

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Publication of the Whistleblowing Channel Law

Last Tuesday, 21st February 2023, the Law 2/2023, of 20 February, was published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) as a transposition of the Whistleblowing Directive, which regulates the protection at EU level of persons who report breaches of EU Law. The Law will enter into force 20 days after its publication in the Official […]

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LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT NEWSLETTER. July 2022

I. Legislative News The Spanish Parliament passed Law 15/2022, of 12 July, on equality of treatment and non-discrimination. The Spanish Parliament has approved Law 15/2022, comprehensive for equal treatment and non-discrimination, which establishes a heterogeneous and transversal set of measures to guarantee real and effective equality and the prohibition of discrimination. In this sense, in […]

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Multilaw lawyers present at Hitachi Energy Roundtable Event

Hitachi Energy organized a round table with customers on 7 April to discuss current world events and their possible impact on the company. Ignacio Guillén, from Giménez Torres Abogados, spoke alongside Sven Hoffmann, from Heussen, Germany; David Gu, from JunHe, China; and Philip D’Costa, from Penningtons Manches Cooper, UK, reaching a hearing of 70 Multilaw […]

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FIRST COURT DECISION IN SPAIN TO APPLY THE REBUS SIC STANTIBUS CLAUSE WITH REGARD TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

On 25 September 2020 the First Instance Court No. 81 of Madrid passed a judgment adopting precautionary measures in application of the rebus sic stantibus clause. The doctrine of the rebus sic stantibus clause is a reasonable theoretical construction from an equity point of view but devoid of regulation. It is, above all, a clause […]

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ABOUT THE LIFTING OF THE SUSPENSION OF PROCEDURAL, SUBSTANTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEADLINES STABLISHED BY THE DECLARATION OF THE STATE OF ALARM

1. Background On March 14, the Spanish Government approved the declaration of the state of alarm to deal with the health emergency caused by COVID-19 in Spain, through Royal Decree 463/2020. This Royal Decree established “the suspension and interruption of procedural periods“, that specified that their calculation “shall continue at the moment the Royal Decree […]

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NOTES ON ROYAL DECREE-LAW 16/2020, OF 28 APRIL, REGARDING PROCEDURAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL MEASURES TO PREVENT COVID-19 IN THE AREA OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

On April 28, 2020, the first procedural reform was made to meet the challenge posed by COVID-19 to the Administration of Justice. To this end, the Royal Decree-Law is divided into three chapters; the first dedicated to procedural measures; the second with regard to measures in the field of bankruptcy and corporate; and the third […]

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