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CHANGES TO THE LAW APPLICABLE TO LIBERALISATION OF SOME DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN SPAIN
Law News – Commercial Law Department – March 2020 One consequence of the economic impact unleashed by the COVID-19 is that the Spanish government has deemed it necessary to urgently protect the control model applicable to foreign investments in Spanish companies, by implementing ex ante authorisation mechanisms in certain instances.
MEASURES TO RENDER MECHANISMS MORE FLEXIBLE FOR PROVISIONAL ADJUSTMENTS TO BUSINESS ACTIVITIES AS A RESULT OF COVID-19
Law news – Employment Law Department – March 18, 2020 The awaited Royal Decree-Law 8/2020, of 17 March, on extraordinary measures to deal with the economic and social impact of COVID-19 has been published and extends the measures already in place, adding in an additional set of exceptional extraordinary economic
FORCE MAJEURE IN PROCEEDINGS REGULATING TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT BASED ON THE OFFICIAL LETTER OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF ALARM DUE TO COVID-19
Law news – Employment Law Department – March 16, 2020 On 14 March 2020, Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, declaring a state of alarm in order to manage the healthcare crisis situation caused by COVID-19 (“RD 463/2020“) was published in the Official State Gazette. RD 463/2020 includes all actions aimed
FORCE MAJEURE IN PROCEEDINGS REGULATING TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT BASED ON THE OFFICIAL LETTER OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF ALARM DUE TO COVID-19
Law news – Employment Law Department – March 16, 2020 On 14 March 2020, Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, declaring a state of alarm in order to manage the healthcare crisis situation caused by COVID-19 (“RD 463/2020“) was published in the Official State Gazette. RD 463/2020 includes all actions aimed at
MEASURES TO RENDER MECHANISMS MORE FLEXIBLE FOR PROVISIONAL ADJUSTMENTS TO BUSINESS ACTIVITIES AS A RESULT OF COVID-19
Law news – Employment Law Department – March 18, 2020 The awaited Royal Decree-Law 8/2020, of 17 March, on extraordinary measures to deal with the economic and social impact of COVID-19 has been published and extends the measures already in place, adding in an additional set of exceptional extraordinary economic and social
THE NATIONAL COURT OF SPAIN RULES ON RECORDED WORKING TIME
Law News – Employment Law Department – February 2020 The National Court of Spain (“AN” – Audiencia Nacional) has issued a further ruling on the sensitive issue of Recorded Working Time, on the basis of a recent judgment of 10 December, 2019. In this regard, we would remind the reader that the