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Current Region & Language
Currency
Euro
Employer Taxes
Approximately 30% of gross salaries for social security.
Payroll Frequency
Monthly
Language
Spanish
Date Format
DD/MM/YYYY
Spain By The Numbers
47 million
Population
EUR 1.5 trillion
GDP
10
National Holidays
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Weekly Working Hours
National Holidays
Leave
Employees are entitled to various types of leave, including holiday, sick, maternity, paternity, parental, family care, study leave, non-criminal abortion, marriage, death of a spouse, ascendants, descendants or dependents, relatives up to the second degree, leave for union leaders to exercise their mandate, adoption, and leave for elective positions for economic training, health, and safety training. The applicable Collective Labor Agreement (CLA) may provide for additional types of leave.
Employment Contracts
Employers are required to provide written employment contracts and policies that outline the terms and conditions of employment, including job responsibilities, compensation, benefits, and workplace expectations, in compliance with applicable labor laws.
Types of Employment
Employees, temporary agency workers, and independent contractors are all distinct categories of employment.
Employment Costs
There are no specific employment costs.
IC Class Factors
A status assessment is multi-faceted and dependent upon a number factors and a totality approach is required in order to determine the outcome. Prevalent considerations include (but are not limited to) an analysis of the degree of control, subordination, exclusivity, economic risk of individual, integration into the organisation, subcontracting of work and the right to substitution.
Labor Leasing
The placement of contingent or temporary workers at third party sites requires a labor leasing license.
Minimum Wage Requirements
The government sets the general minimum wage requirements normally once per year. For 2025, the national minimum monthly wage is €1,184.00 gross/month, taking into account 14 salaries per year. The applicable minimum wages shall always observe the Collective Bargaining Agreements.
Medical Benefits
Sick pay due to non-work-related illness or injury shall be paid by the employer from day 4 to day 15. Sick pay for non-work-related illness is paid from the 4th day, although the CLA may require the company to pay a supplement for days 0 to 3.
Social Security covers for sick leave pay under specific percentages and rules from the 1st day onwards if illness or injury is work-related (75% of the employee’s salary).
In case of non-work-related sickness, the employer shall pay 60% of the employee’s salary from the day 4 to 15. The Social Security shall pay 60% of the employee’s salary from day 16 to 20 and 75% from day 21 onward.
Social Security covers for sick leave pay from the first day up to 545 days of sickness.
Probationary Periods
The probation period for temporary employees must comply with the Collective Labor Agreements (CLA) of the employer company. For qualified technicians, the probation period is set at 4 months. For employees who are not qualified, the probation period cannot exceed 15 days. For other employees, the probation period is limited to no more than 45 days.
Termination Notice
In the event of resignation of the employee, notice periods established in the employment contract must not exceed maximum periods established in the CLA. Qualified technicians have a 15 day long probationary period. Other employees have a 1 week long probationary period. There is no notice period for definite-term contracts.
Severance
Pre-hire Checks
Immigration checks are generally required for expatriates.
Personal information of Personnel, according to Data Protection Law, requires applicant’s consent.
Specific consent required for sensitive information such as a Personnel’s health information for health insurance benefit application process.
Credit checks, criminal records, possible only for specific job positions, according to the law and absolutely indispensable, in order to ensure the right to privacy.
Pregnancy tests prohibited by law, in any case.
Medical exams or health-related tests are mandatory before the start date and are covered by the Employer, the Personnel are obliged to attend.
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