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Massive labour inspections and fines campaign to turn temporary employment into permanent employment | El Confidencial
13 de June, 2022
Today, Ignacio del Fraile, labour partner at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, comments on the labour reform and the new inspection campaigns in this article for El Confidencial.
“We are witnessing more aggressiveness and sanctions. There are two blocks, the first problem is that temporary contracts must meet the criteria of cause and duration of the reform, and the second is that temporary contracts, whether they are for days, weeks or months, should not be combined”.
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“We are witnessing more aggressiveness and sanctions. There are two blocks, the first problem is that temporary contracts must meet the criteria of cause and duration of the reform, and the second is that temporary contracts, whether they are for days, weeks or months, should not be combined”.
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