1. APPROVAL OF LAW ON URGENT SELF-EMPLOYMENT REFORMS
The aim of Law 6/2017 of 24 October on urgent self-employment reforms is to support entrepreneurship, taking into account its particular characteristics.
2. GENDER-BASED DISCRIMINATION: RISKS DURING BREASTFEEDING
The Court of Justice of the European Union considers whether workers who are breastfeeding should be afforded the same protection under EU law as workers who are pregnant or on maternity leave.
3. SELECTION CRITERIA IN COLLECTIVE REDUNDANCIES. INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATION
The Supreme Court declares that it is not reasonable to require a company to explain the criteria for selecting a worker to be dismissed in a collective redundancy procedure in his or her dismissal letter.
4. DAMAGES CAUSED BY UNFAIR COMPETITION: DO THE LABOUR COURTS HAVE JURISDICTION?
The Supreme Court holds that the labour courts have jurisdiction to hear a claim for damages in a case in which three workers had set up two companies while working for the claimant company. The court reached its decision even though the alleged unfair competition started after the individuals’ employment relationship with the claimant company had ended.
5. WHATSAPP MESSAGES VALID EVIDENCE OF TACIT RESIGNATION
The High Court of Justice of Madrid considers WhatsApp messages between a worker and her supervisor as valid evidence of her tacit resignation, even though these communications were informal.
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