Entries by Giménez Torres Abogados

• Information Breakfast • Civil Procedure Code. The appropriate dispute resolution mechanisms (ADR)

On Wednesday 26 March, Giménez Torres Abogados held an information breakfast for its clients, in which Ignacio Guillén González, Managing Partner of the Litigation and Arbitration Department, participated as a speaker. The session focused on the recent amendment to the Civil Procedure Code and, in particular, the obligation, as a procedural requirement, to try to […]

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Approval of the Statute of the Independent Authority for the Protection of Whistleblowers, A.A.I.

On 29 October 2024, Royal Decree 1101/2024 came into force, approving the Statute governing the Independent Whistleblower Protection Authority (A.A.I.), in compliance with Final Provision Eleven of Law 2/2023, of 20 February, on the protection of persons who report regulatory infringements and the fight against corruption, and thus strengthening the fight against corruption in line […]

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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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