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Employment in Spain is highly regulated, with the main purpose to protect an employee's rights.
The regulations are complex: Collective bargaining agreements are responsible for indicating how workers are grouped in each professional category. These agreements regulate, for example, the legal salary range for each job, the hours of a working day, the days of vacation per year. The following rules, however, are generally valid for employment in Spain:
So, our advice to employers in Spain:
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Articles:
Types of work contracts, with samples
Guide to a Spanish payslip, with sample payslip
Payroll compliance checklist in Spain
Paid leave of absence in Spain
Maternity and paternity leave in Spain
Firing an employee in Spain
Types of work contracts, with samples
For foreign employees: the Ministry of Employment's guide to working in Spain
A guide to the regulation of occupational hazards in Spain
FAQs:
What corporate setup do I need to hire employees in Spain?
As an employer in Spain, how much will I pay to social security?
What are the holidays in Spain?
We are a Swiss company and we are going to open a call center in Barcelona to serve our European (non-Spanish) clients. Can we apply our Swiss labour laws to our non-Spanish employees?
My company is sending UK citizens to Spain to work there for 18 months. Will they be liable for taxes in Spain?
I work for a UK company. I plan to move to Spain and continue to do consulting for the company. Can I be self-employed (autónomo) in Spain, and send the company invoices for my work?
In Spain, can employees can be transferred using Form E101?
I am a foreigner working in Spain. My company is paying into the Spanish social security system. Can this be transferred into my native country's system?
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