Employment Law in Tenerife & Fuerteventura
Dismissals, contracts and inspections — both sides of working life in the islands.
Work disputes have short deadlines and long consequences.
What we handle
- Dismissals: letters, severance and challenges
- Employment contracts, clauses and manager terms
- SMAC conciliation and social-court claims
- Labour inspections, answered and prepared
- Hospitality staffing: seasons and contracts
- Unpaid wages, settlements and FOGASA claims
- Harassment complaints and equality plans
- Restructurings, ERTEs and collective cases
Twenty working days is all a dismissal claim gets in Spain — whichever side of the table you sit on, the calendar is the first battlefield.
We advise both employers and employees across Tenerife and Fuerteventura — hospitality above all, the islands’ industry. Contracts and dismissal letters, severance calculations, disciplinary procedures, workplace inspections and the conciliation-then-court route of every Spanish labour dispute. Knowing both sides makes us better at each.
Labour claims start at the SMAC conciliation service and continue before the social courts of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Arona and Puerto del Rosario. Most settle at conciliation — with the right preparation, on the right numbers.
Three stories we hear every week.
"They handed me a letter and want the locker empty by Friday."
"Our seasonal staff contracts never quite fit the new rules."
"The severance they offer feels low, but I can't tell."
How we work
Olga Caballero
Founder & Lawyer — Costa Adeje · CorralejoAdvising international clients across the Canary Islands since 1998, in person and by video. Labour files move fast, so they stay in one hand: the lawyer at the conciliation table drafted the numbers — and argues them in court if it goes there.
Español · English · Deutsch · Русский · ItalianoFive languages spoken in-house — and live-translated video for five more.
Olga Caballero Martel · Colegiada nº 2805, Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Las Palmas.
Meet the teamIn their words
All of them very kind, and very efficient.
Very good professionals, and very kind.
The bilingual staff are very polite, extremely professional and very welcoming.
Write to us — or book a consultation.
Employment — what clients ask first.
How long do I have to challenge a dismissal?
Twenty working days from the effective date — one of the shortest deadlines in Spanish law. The conciliation filing stops the clock, so the single most important step is not to wait.
What severance does a dismissal carry?
It depends on the contract, seniority, salary and whether the dismissal is objective, disciplinary or ruled unfair — the differences are large. We calculate the bracket precisely before you accept or offer anything.
As an employer, how do I dismiss correctly?
With the right cause, letter and forms for the case — procedure decides most dismissal litigation. A letter drafted properly the first time costs a fraction of the trial that follows a defective one.
Do labour disputes always end in court?
No — conciliation at the SMAC is mandatory first, and many matters settle there. When they don't, the social courts of the islands decide; we prepare every file as if it will get that far, which is often why it doesn't.
Prefer to call?
A dismissal, an inspection, a contract you are unsure of?
Book a consultation in person or by video — a clear, honest reading of your case in your own language, and a plan and fee agreed before any work begins.