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We write about what people ask us every day: what Spanish law requires, what unmeasured problems cost, and how to choose a tool without buying hot air. Official sources cited.
ComplianceHow long each type of leave of absence lasts, what it takes to request it, whether your job is held open and whether it counts towards seniority and a pension. All four from the Workers’ Statute in one table, with the small print of each.
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People managementThe final settlement and severance pay are not the same thing, and almost everyone mixes them up. What goes into each, the formula for every part, a worked example and a calculator to check your own case.
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ComplianceSpain’s labour inspectorate can already turn up unannounced and require the record in a usable digital format. The draft would add remote, immediate access. What changes, what the text does not say and how to prepare your company.
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CompliancePaper and spreadsheet time records are still legal in Spain in 2026, but only if the record is reliable. What the law says, why they tend to fail an inspection and what would change if digital records become mandatory.
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ComplianceNot recording working time in Spain is a serious infringement of €751 to €7,500. We explain how it is graded, what counts as a repeat offence and where the well-known €10,000-per-employee fine comes from, which was never approved.
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People managementEvery public holiday in Spain for 2026 and 2027 in tables, region by region and taken from each official gazette. With the long weekends, what happens when a holiday falls on a Sunday or a Saturday and how to keep any of them from coming off annual leave.
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ComplianceMandatory since 2023 from 50 employees, and in 2026 the Authority is already supervising it. What the law requires, which deadlines run once a report arrives, what the fines are and how to set it up without turning it into a project.
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People managementWhat to do when somebody joins and when somebody leaves, in what order and by when. With the legal basis for each step and the list of things no law requires but that make the difference.
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People managementThirty calendar days, 2.5 per month worked, two months' notice of the calendar and up to 18 months to recover them after sick leave. The full calculation, with the legal basis for each rule.
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ComplianceThey clocked in every day and still got an inspection report. The ten mistakes that invalidate a time record, how to spot each one in your own data, and what has to be decided so they do not come back.
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HRA salary of 30,000 euros costs 39,645. Here is the full calculation with the 2026 contribution rates, three worked examples and everything that never reaches a payslip.
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People managementNobody announces the day a spreadsheet stops being enough. A six-step diagnosis, done in an afternoon and buying nothing, to know exactly where information stops.
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ComplianceHow many days apply in each situation, whether they count as calendar or working days, and when the clock starts. With the legal basis for each and the reform that is not yet in force.
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SoftwareWhat each feature does, why it matters legally and operationally, and what to ask a vendor to find out whether they really deliver it. The reasonable minimum for managing people in Spain.
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SoftwareThe average worker uses ten applications and switches between them 25 times a day. In HR that translates into duplicated data and mismatches that cost money.
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SoftwarePlanning rotas that change weekly, recording clock-ins reliably and making it all line up with payroll. Seven tools analysed from that specific angle.
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SoftwareIt records the working day automatically and reliably, with no spreadsheets an inspector can question. What it is, how it works, and what separates a good system from one that will not protect you.
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People managementOnly 12% of employees think their company does onboarding well, and one in three leaves within 90 days. Almost all of these failures are avoidable.
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SoftwareQuantummycos, Factorial, ADP, Rippling, BambooHR, hibob and UKG, compared on criteria built for a real Spanish SME. Plus the question that decides almost everything: do you need payroll inside the tool?
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People managementA cost that appears on no invoice and may still be draining your profitability. The data, the indirect costs nobody accounts for, and the levers that actually move the needle.
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ComplianceAs of 8 October 2026 the royal decree has still not been approved. We separate what has bound you since 2019 from what is still only a draft, with the full timeline, the fines in force and a checklist for your system.
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