Spain: commentary of the law reforming the labor market adopted on June 28

The Law 3/2012 introduces quite a number of small amendments compared with the decree adopted in February (for the detailed commentary of the text, see our dispatch No.  120125), most of them of a technical nature, but the truly significant innovations of the Law 3/2012 are very few. The following are the main new contents:
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majority have kept to their promise and the Law has not reversed any of the key innovations of the Decree Law. Indeed, in spite of strong opposition by unions (including a general strike in March), it may be said that the Law 3/2012 has gone even further in the direction of greater labour flexibility. Overall, the comments and conclusions reached about the reform in February are still valid in July. By Francisco Javier Gómez Abelleira, Professor of Labour Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

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