Published in the Spanish Official Gazette (BOE) on 27 November, a decree from the country’s labour ministry establishes priority access to vocational training for individuals affected by furlough measures as part of the ERTE (Expediente de Regulación Temporal de Empleo) scheme. This applies both in cases of furlough in the event of force majeure, directly linked to Covid-19, and those for technical, organisational or production reasons.
This decree, which entered into force on 28 November, builds on one of the points in the agreement reached by the government and social partners on 29 September, which extended the extraordinary short-time working arrangements until 31 January next year (see article nº 12156). The Spanish labour ministry’s objective is to prevent those out of work from dropping out of the labour market and to facilitate their return to work as well as possible re-skilling, by fostering an update to and broadeni
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