February brings key developments for labour management: new requirements for wage transparency, changes in welfare benefits, extension of early retirement due to disability and new criteria for work permits.
Developments that are redefining the labour framework
What's setting the legal agenda
Wage transparency, new SEPE criteria, early retirement due to disability and the recent Supreme Court doctrine on work permits mark a new scenario that forces companies to review their internal policies.
Directive (EU) 2023/970 on Transparency of Remuneration
Directive (EU) 2023/970 introduces new obligations on pay transparency, pay gap reporting and information rights that will strengthen companies' internal control by June 2026.
Social Security extends the catalogue of pathologies for early retirement
The Social Security is extending the catalogue of illnesses that allow access to early retirement due to disability, incorporating eleven new serious or degenerative pathologies.
The SEPE tightens up access to subsidy by counting part of the compensation as income
The excess over the statutory severance pay may be considered as income for the purposes of the income limit, which could prevent access to income support.
Supreme Court sets out doctrine on eight-week parental leave
The STS of 26 January 2026 establishes that parental leave must be taken in full weeks and confirms that its use generates full holiday entitlement.
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