Supreme Court of Catalonia increases severance pay by 33 days | El Confidencial

The Supreme Court of Catalonia recently increased the compensation for unfair dismissal by 33 days more than what is established by current law. There is now a concern among companies, since the Court relies on the European Social Charter, which establishes that compensation should be dissuasive.

El Confidencial includes in this article the statements of Lourdes Escassi, lawyer in the Labor Law department, where she highlights: ‘This was a subject that we used to be asked about, but the decision has increased a lot of interest; there is a lot of commotion. Although, at the moment, this doctrine is limited to very specific and limited cases where the damage suffered by the worker is very evident, and especially when the conduct of the company is particularly reprehensible’

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