The Reduction of Unjustified Dismissal Costs in Spain’s Labor Reform of 2010

One of the key elements in Spain’s labor reform of 2010 (introduced, by Act 35/2010 of September 17th, urgent measures to reform the labor market) is, again, lowering and unjustified dismissal. This paper criticizes the previous approach and discusses the main changes that the reform brings. First o...

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Autor: Gorelli Hernández, Juan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Latinoamericana de Derecho Social
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/9678
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/derecho-social/article/view/9678
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:unjustified dismissal
improper dismissal
flexibility
Flexibilidad
reforma laboral
despido
indemnización por despido
despido improcedente
flexibilité
la réforme à la législation du travail
licenciement
indemnité de départ
le licenciement injustifié
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Sumario:One of the key elements in Spain’s labor reform of 2010 (introduced, by Act 35/2010 of September 17th, urgent measures to reform the labor market) is, again, lowering and unjustified dismissal. This paper criticizes the previous approach and discusses the main changes that the reform brings. First of all, the new configuration of the causes of collective dismissal objective plural dismissal. Second, the alterations to the regulation of objective dismissal, both in its causes, and the qualification of dismissal in relation to formal requirements. Third, the modifications in the encouragement contracts for permanent contracting, a figure which represents a reduction of the cost of dismissal. Finally, the State’s action will mean that “subsidize” the entrepreneurs of the cost of dismissal, even in cases of illegal dismissals, temporary measure, because in the future provides a pooling system the cost of dismissal.