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 The Spanish government Friday launched a pilot scheme designed to allow small and medium sized firms to test the effect of a shortened working week, without salary loss, on productivity. https://www.thelocal.es/20221217/spain-to-test-effect-of-shorter-working-week-on-productivity Sat, 17 Dec 2022 12:55:49 +0100 spain-to-test-effect-of-shorter-working-week-on-productivity Spain’s government has proposed a controversial change to the "autónomo" system which would see self-employed workers in Spain pay between €90 and €1,220 per month in social security contributions, apart from paying income tax as well. Here’s what you need to know. https://www.thelocal.es/20210513/explained-why-spains-self-employed-may-soon-pay-a-lot-more-in-monthly-fees Thu, 13 May 2021 16:52:58 +0200 explained-why-spains-self-employed-may-soon-pay-a-lot-more-in-monthly-fees Spain's cabinet on Tuesday approved a labour law reform that recognises delivery riders working for firms such as Deliveroo or UberEats as staff in a first in the European Union. https://www.thelocal.es/20210512/official-delivery-riders-become-company-staff-as-spains-labour-reform-kicks-in Wed, 12 May 2021 11:03:01 +0200 official-delivery-riders-become-company-staff-as-spains-labour-reform-kicks-in Since April 14th 2021, all businesses in Spain have to publish their workers' salaries, a measure aimed at closing the country's gender pay gap. Here's how the salary register is done, how equal pay audits will be carried out and what the fines are for not abiding by the new law. https://www.thelocal.es/20210429/why-companies-in-spain-must-now-make-their-employees-salaries-public Thu, 29 Apr 2021 12:08:35 +0200 why-companies-in-spain-must-now-make-their-employees-salaries-public Getting a well-paid and secure job in Spain was challenging enough before the coronavirus pandemic. So where do foreigners looking for work in the country now stand when it comes to landing "trabajo" in a weakened labour market? And what jobs will be most sought after in post-Covid Spain? https://www.thelocal.es/20201007/finding-work-in-spain-after-covid-the-most-in-demand-jobs Wed, 07 Oct 2020 11:45:54 +0200 finding-work-in-spain-after-covid-the-most-in-demand-jobs Spain's government announced Thursday a deal that will recognise riders working for delivery firms such as Deliveroo and UberEats as salaried staff following complaints about their working conditions -- a first in the EU. https://www.thelocal.es/20210311/spain-to-become-first-eu-country-to-ensure-delivery-riders-are-salaried-staff Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:16:21 +0100 spain-to-become-first-eu-country-to-ensure-delivery-riders-are-salaried-staff The joblessness rate among foreign nationals was 20 percent higher than the national average at the end of 2020. https://www.thelocal.es/20210308/spains-foreigner-unemployment-rate-shoots-up-by-37-due-to-covid-crisis Mon, 08 Mar 2021 10:49:37 +0100 spains-foreigner-unemployment-rate-shoots-up-by-37-due-to-covid-crisis With fewer than 50 days left for the transition period to be officially over, we look at some of the key matters for Brits already in Spain and those looking to move after Brexit in terms of working rights, permits and recognition of qualifications once they cease to be EU citizens. https://www.thelocal.es/20201112/brexit-qa-what-brits-in-spain-need-to-know-about-work-matters Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:43:15 +0100 brexit-qa-what-brits-in-spain-need-to-know-about-work-matters Spain's left-wing government on Tuesday banned companies from firing workers who repeatedly take sick leave, in its first reform of a contested 2012 overhaul of the country's labour laws. https://www.thelocal.es/20200219/spain-overturns-labour-reform-that-saw-workers-sacked-for-taking-too-much-sick-leave Wed, 19 Feb 2020 10:40:35 +0100 spain-overturns-labour-reform-that-saw-workers-sacked-for-taking-too-much-sick-leave A new study sheds lights on the most advertised job positions in Spain in 2020, none of which are tech-related. https://www.thelocal.es/20200207/the-most-in-demand-non-tech-jobs-in-spain-in-2020 Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:27:09 +0100 the-most-in-demand-non-tech-jobs-in-spain-in-2020 Is working Spaniards' traditional mid-morning break at the bar under threat? https://www.thelocal.es/20190516/spain-wants-coffee-and-cigarette-breaks-at-work-to-go-unpaid Thu, 16 May 2019 14:33:27 +0200 spain-wants-coffee-and-cigarette-breaks-at-work-to-go-unpaid Spain has introduced measures forcing companies to record the working hours of employees, but what's it all about and who does it affect? Here's what you need to know. https://www.thelocal.es/20190514/explained-what-you-need-to-know-about-spains-new-clocking-on-laws Tue, 14 May 2019 17:17:51 +0200 explained-what-you-need-to-know-about-spains-new-clocking-on-laws We’re interested in your experiences working internationally. Complete our quick survey and tell us what it's been like. https://www.thelocal.es/20180530/working-internationally-tell-us-about-it Wed, 30 May 2018 14:30:11 +0200 working-internationally-tell-us-about-it This week we chat to California native Michelle Fabregas, who founded food company Dribble Dots in Barcelona with her husband, Jason Clevering. https://www.thelocal.es/20160509/my-spanish-career-dribble-dots-cuisine-barcelona Mon, 09 May 2016 16:43:45 +0200 my-spanish-career-dribble-dots-cuisine-barcelona This week The Local chats to British wine expert, Anna Harris-Noble, about how best to enjoy the incredible wines Spain has to offer. https://www.thelocal.es/20160307/my-spanish-career-wine-tasting-madrid-taste-exchange Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:03:44 +0100 my-spanish-career-wine-tasting-madrid-taste-exchange In this week's My Spanish Career, The Local chats to Brit Jane Spivey, founder of Two Bird Languages - a language school with a difference. https://www.thelocal.es/20160229/my-spanish-career-language-school-two-birds-tefl Mon, 29 Feb 2016 13:02:17 +0100 my-spanish-career-language-school-two-birds-tefl In the latest installment of My Spanish Career, The Local talks to Morgan Howie, an American surf enthusiast and graphic designer who traded land-locked Columbus, Ohio for windswept Cantabria. https://www.thelocal.es/20150420/if-the-surfs-up-ill-skip-work-and-head-to-the-beach Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:05:22 +0200 if-the-surfs-up-ill-skip-work-and-head-to-the-beach Research has shown that Germans and Danes lead the European contentedness league while 81 percent of Spanish workers are still "happy" or "very happy" with life on the job. https://www.thelocal.es/20130701/four-out-of-five-spaniards-are-happy-at-work Mon, 01 Jul 2013 18:19:00 +0200 four-out-of-five-spaniards-are-happy-at-work