Key labour issues 2025: rulings and reforms transforming labour management in Spain

The Spanish employment panorama incorporates key new developments following recent rulings by the Supreme Court and several High Courts of Justice, which affect union time credit, mandatory training, non-competition agreements and digital pre-contracts.

In addition, there is the preliminary draft of the Statute of the Trainee and the implementation of occupational risk prevention in domestic employment. A set of changes with a direct impact on labour management.

New labour standards and key reforms redefining employment in 2025

The Spanish labour framework is advancing with rulings and reforms that have a direct impact on labour management: reasonable control of union time credit, validity of non-competition agreements, mandatory training as working time, binding digital pre-contracts, regulation of internships and new obligations in domestic employment.

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