Spain’s government has outlined the broad thrusts of its labor legislation plans. It is expected to present a text for a remote working framework by the end of September and has given itself four months to make progress on the remaining issues that notably include a review of the flexibility mechanisms introduced in 2012 by the then government, under conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (c.f. article No.120462). While it is not a question of going back on the 2012 reform as a whole, as the trade unions are demanding, the Ministry of Labor is nevertheless preparing to return to the most contentious points of the Labor Code.
The government intends to reaffirm the principle of ‘ultraactividad’ within collective agreements, i.e. the automatic extension of an agreement, even post the agreement expiry date, until the negotiation of the subsequent agreement. Abolished in 2012, trade unions argue that the ‘ultraactividad’ provision is a fundamental tool guaranteeing employee representatives the right to negotiation without constraint.
The government also intends to restore the predominance of industry-level collective agr
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