Spain’s recovery plan, which will be sent to Brussels by the end of April, includes a statement on the implementation of far-reaching labor reforms, in order to accompany the major transformation processes that the Spanish economy must prepare for, under the impact of the dual green and digital transition. The 200-page "Draft Plan for Recovery, Transformation and Resilience" document was published on 13 April and in it the government sets out its main objectives, which are to reduce the duality of the labor market, strengthen investment in human capital, and reduce precariousness and social schism.
This reform, which experts have long called for, is one of the conditions that Brussels set before for it gives the green light to the Spanish recovery plan. The government has until now avoided providing details of the commitments made, as the subject courts controversy. Unions fear any new flexibilization of labour, even though the Socialist-Podemos coalition government came to power on the promise of reaffirming the strength of collective bargaining and derogating from some key aspects of the 2010 and 2012 labour reforms that had sought greater flexibility (c.f.
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