Key Protections and Rights for Employee Representatives in Spain
Employee Representative Rights and Protections
Functional Mobility of Representatives
The employer can instruct the employee representative to perform new functions (functional mobility) if there are objective reasons for this decision.
If discrimination is established due to the representative status, the decision of functional mobility can be annulled.
Priority of Stay and Protection Against Termination
C) Priority of Stay in the Company in Case of Termination or Suspension for Certain Causes, and in the Case of Geographical Mobility.
Protection During Redundancies and Contract Suspension
This priority applies in cases of:
- Redundancies: Collective (Art. 51.7 ET) or objective (Art. 52.c) ET) for technical, economic, organizational, productive reasons,