According to the General Law on rights of persons with disabilities and their social integration, companies in Spain with 50 or more employees are required to hire at least 2% of workers with disabilities.
The recent judgments of the Spanish National High Court stress the established obligation of companies in Spain to keep track of the daily work hours of their employees, regardless of the company’s size. Only with this prior monitoring may companies certify the performance of overtime.
The Horizontal Property Act and Article 396 of the Civil Code in Spain provide that the obligations of businesses in a community are the same as those of other owners. Therefore, such businesses should bear the costs arising from maintaining the common areas of the community.
Business succession in Spain must be achieved with a certain degree of care in order to respect all the legal aspects of the acquired company and ensure a peaceful future for the acquiring company. In this way, the social guarantees that are enumerated in Article 44 of the Workers’ Statute should not be forgotten.
In Spain, Law 16/2011 derogated the previous legal regime (dating back to 1995) and transposed Directive 2008/48 of 23 April 2008 on credit agreements for consumers (the Directive) into Spanish law. Law 16/2011 reproduces the provisions of the Directive. Furthermore, where the Directive has failed to include specific provisions, the old regime has been maintained or even extended to new scenarios, with the aim of increasing the protection granted to Spanish consumers.
The Law on Chattel Mortgage and Pledge without Transfer of Possession provides for the pledge stock of boats as a guarantee. Its objective is to facilitate credit to dealers to ensure compliance with the obligations of financial institutions.
Spain possesses numerous advantages to welcome start-ups in the FinTech sector. Spain can benefit from the consequences of Brexit if it decides to create a favourable field for such start-ups.
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There are many investment options available to foreign investors, that go from the opening of a new business, the investment in an already established business, the setting-up of a subsidiary or a franchise activity.
Article 93 of the Law on Corporations (LSC) recognizes the right to information of shareholders and regulates separately limited liability companies (article 196) and public limited companies (article 197).
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