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Changing your Driving Licence in Spain

Changing your Driving Licence in Spain

If you have a UK photo card driving licence dating from 1997 or after (or full UK licence dating from 1990) it will be sufficient to allow you to drive legally in Spain. However, when it expires (or if it gets lost or stolen) you will not be able to renew it with the DVLA if you are now permanently resident in Spain.

So, here’s the procedure for converting…

The Role of the Convenio

The Role of the Convenio

Throughout the previous discussion on employees’ rights there have been frequent references to the ‘Convenio’. Many of the contractual and other rights possessed by workers can be modified by the Convenio.

The Convenio is in fact the product of a collective agreement between representatives of workers covered by the Convenio and employers within that industry and its…

Maternity Leave in Spain

An expectant mother is entitled to 16 weeks maternity leave in Spain and she is entitled to decide how to utilise them entirely apart from the fact that she must use 6 weeks herself after the birth.

The other 10 weeks the mother may distribute between herself and the father of the child as she wishes – either consecutively or simultaneously i.e. For example 5 weeks each.

If agreed by the employer…

Sickness Benefit in Spain

Sickness Benefit in Spain

A worker, being registered with the Social Security office may receive subsidised pay if they are unable to work for reasons of sickness. There are a number of scenarios that revolve around how the illness arose and the length of time necessary before the worker can return to his place of employment:

Reason for Sickness Time Who Pays Common illness 0 – 3 days No payment…

Termination of an Employment Contract in Spain

Termination of an Employment Contract in Spain

A contract may be legally terminated in the following circumstances:

Fuerza Mayor

This contemplates floods or fire that destroys the work premises for example. The termination of employment contracts in such circumstances should be authorised by the relevant body upon a preliminary investigation which is decided within 5 days of starting. The…

Salaries in Spain

A salary may be composed of money and benefit in kind but the latter component may not exceed 30% of the total retribution.

The salary may be agreed between the employer and employee or be decided by the relevant Convenio but in any case may not be lower than the stipulated minimum in the Convenio.

The salary is said to consist of the base salary ‘salario base’ and the…

Holiday entitlement in Spain

Holiday entitlement in Spain

Workers are entitled by law to annual holiday leave and are entitled to receive the same level of pay as normal working time. The holidays are to be taken during the calendar year and should not be accumulated from one year to the next.

The setting or modification of annual leave is not the prerogative of the employer solely and there should be an agreement with the…

Payroll And Social Security

Payroll And Social Security

  Employers are obliged legally to process a payroll which consists of providing monthly payslips to their employees. These give a breakdown of all gross salary payments and deductions, the latter being the employee’s contributions to social security and the withheld personal income tax. The net figure is the amount that the employee should receive not later than 5…

Employment Contracts in Spain

Employment Contracts in Spain

While a contract may exist in either oral or written form the latter is preferable so that the specific terms upon which an employee is to be contracted can be specified. If the contract remains in oral form only Spanish law will impute a full time permanent contract of 40 hours per week.

As in other jurisdictions the more obvious provisos exist such as not being…

Employment Issues

It would be reasonable to assess the existing labour laws as less liberal than in the UK and Ireland and certainly as far as the US is concerned. Lately, as a result of the economic crisis affecting Spain as much as any other country, there have been calls to liberalise said laws however up until now at least, the Spanish prime minister has resisted such calls.

It is important…

Buying a used car in Spain

Buying a used car in Spain

Where you are buying a used car from a dealer, typically the dealer will handle most of the process. Nonetheless, it is important that you understand the legal process that should be followed to ensure a trouble free passing of title. In any case you will definitely need to be aware of the process where you are buying a used car from another individual.

Buying from an…

Register a car in Spain

Register a car in Spain

Any EU citizen is entitled to bring their own car with them to Spain. However, after a period of six months has elapsed the owner of the car, in order that the insurance remain valid, must legally import the car and register it. Residents of Spain who need to renew their licence should apply for a Spanish one.

In order to avoid importation taxes, the car must have been in…