The Local Spain https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain’s 'laziest' civil servants could now have their wages slashed Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a measure that will see the country’s least productive civil servants have their wages slashed. https://www.thelocal.es/20191220/spains-laziest-civil-servants-could-now-have-their-wages-slashed Fri, 20 Dec 2019 11:46:00 +0100 spains-laziest-civil-servants-could-now-have-their-wages-slashed Scandal in Alcalá: Striptease staged at town hall retirement party Office parties can get a little out of hand, but council workers in Alcalá de Henares have found themselves in hot water after calling in a stripper to perform at a party for a retiring colleague. https://www.thelocal.es/20170315/outrage-in-alcal-over-striptease-at-town-hall-retirement-party Wed, 15 Mar 2017 18:44:40 +0100 outrage-in-alcal-over-striptease-at-town-hall-retirement-party Spanish driver clocks off mid-route stranding full train Passengers on the 19.05 from Santander to Madrid were left stranded for several hours last night after the driver stopped the train mid-route because his shift had officially ended. https://www.thelocal.es/20160914/spanish-train-driver-clocks-off-mid-journey-leaving-100-passengers-stranded Wed, 14 Sep 2016 15:06:59 +0200 spanish-train-driver-clocks-off-mid-journey-leaving-100-passengers-stranded Spain pays €300m each year in pensions… to dead people Almost 30,000 Spaniards continue to receive a state pension despite the fact that they have died. https://www.thelocal.es/20160722/spain-pays-300m-each-year-in-pensions-to-dead-people Fri, 22 Jul 2016 17:30:00 +0200 spain-pays-300m-each-year-in-pensions-to-dead-people Two workers in Spain fired for skipping work... for 15 years A driver and gardener in the town of Jerez de la Frontera, southern Spain, have been fired after the town hall discovered they had been collecting pay but not going to work for a period of up to 15 years. https://www.thelocal.es/20160630/two-workers-in-spain-fired-for-not-going-to-work-in-15-years Thu, 30 Jun 2016 13:38:20 +0200 two-workers-in-spain-fired-for-not-going-to-work-in-15-years Spanish civil servant takes six years off work. No-one notices A civil servant in southern Spain failed to turn up at the office for six years but no-one noticed and he still collected his salary each month, it has emerged. https://www.thelocal.es/20160212/spanish-civil-servant-takes-6-years-off-work-no-one-notices Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:59:50 +0100 spanish-civil-servant-takes-6-years-off-work-no-one-notices