At the end of the year, the labour market in Spain was reformed on various points through Royal Decree-Law 21/2021 (RDL), on urgent measures to reform the labour market, ensure employment stability and transform the labour market. In assessing the reform, it has already been agreed after a few days that the most important changes have been made in the area of fixed-term contracts.

"ESG" is an abbreviation for "Environment", "Social" and "Governance". These are the categories of sustainability factors that will be subject to new standards in the future under the new sustainability reporting regulations. A new EU directive will change the requirements for some companies to publicly report certain non-financial information, including information on the company's environmental and social performance and impacts. The aim is to ensure that investors, civil society organisations and other interested parties have access to the information they need without imposing excessive reporting requirements on companies.

We are pleased to announce that SCWP Schindhelm Services SE, alliance of European business law firms, has opened a new office in Bodrum. Our 230 lawyers at 31 locations in 14 countries will thus support you with international competence, commitment and valuable local experience in every one of your projects.  

From 1 January 2022, foreign nationals will no longer enjoy a general tax exemption for allowances for housing costs, language courses and education costs for children.

For several years now, the European Commission (“EC”) has been taking a strict course at EU level, whereby primarily the major tech corporations are being kept in check with the help of the tools of competition law. The example of Google currently shows how serious the EC and the court of first instance are when it comes to achieving fair competition at the EU level. While the public focus is mostly on the market abuse of large multinational corporations, this article aims to shed light on the actions of “small players”, that is, those companies that only have relative market power.

We are pleased to announce that SCWP Schindhelm Services SE, alliance of European business law firms, has opened a new office in Imola. Our 230 lawyers at 30 locations in 14 countries will thus support you with international  competence, commitment and valuable local experience in every one of your projects.