Labor Law in Spain: Contracts, Working Hours, and Wage Protection
Block I: Birth and Duration of Contracts for Work
Course A:
Miguel Hernandez works for the municipality of Valladolid as a social educator. Since joining on January 11, 2000, he has been providing his services in the Juvenile Program Insertion council through successive contracts for work or service, developing the same functions in each new hire. The project, which does not belong to the education system, is funded autonomously and therefore subject to signing a specific agreement each year with
Read MoreSpanish Government Structure and Regional Autonomy
The Government
The organs comprise the President, Vice-President(s), and the Ministers, acting both collectively through the Council of Ministers and the Executive Committee of the Government.
Government formation is initiated by the granting of parliamentary confidence to a certain candidate by the Congress of Deputies. Appointed by the President, he proposed the appointment of other members of the Government to the King, who formally appoints the ministers, though with no decision or veto power.
Read MoreCriminal Trial: Procedures, Evidence, and Principles
LESSON 15: THE TRIAL
1. Functions: Time of Trial
Written claims in determining qualification to judge the facts, practice test for demonstration or refutation of the final precision – Celebration and advertising pretensions.
2. Constitutional Principle, Statutory Exceptions (120 EC)
Principle of publicity, punishment invalidity (680). Reasons: political control of governance, assurance of the accused. Exceptions: Reasons of morality or public order, or respect for the person offended by the crime or
Read MoreTransfer of Obligations: Assignment, Subrogation, and Novation
**Means of Transmission of Obligations**
Obligations are likely to be alienated, but the transmission of a receivable or a debt necessarily implies a change in the duty structure, which occurs by changing or replacing one of the subjects in the legal relationship, either the creditor or the debtor. There are three ways to transmit obligations: the transfer of rights, subrogation, and assignment of debts.
**Assignment of Rights**
There will be a transfer of rights when the creditor transfers to another
Read MoreCollective Unit Representation and Strike Rights
Collective Unit Representation
Works as a Whole: This applies to companies with two or more workplaces in the same province or nearby, without reaching 50 employees per site, but with a total of more than 50 workers combined.
Intercentre Committee: In companies where there are already several committees, an intercentre committee can be established by collective agreement. This committee has a maximum of 13 members drawn from the various committees for each center.
Skills of Staff and Works Council
Read MoreHuman Rights Protection in Mexico: A Historical Analysis
Human Rights in the Mexican Legal System
As a starting point, we remark that man, from living in society, provided for the existence of legal norms to regulate social relations in order to seek peace and social justice, but above all, that give security and legal certainty. Throughout history, many instruments are designed to defend the fundamental rights of people, including the figure of the Ombudsman, which is the legal instrument or means that has endured.
The institution of the Ombudsman has
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