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Dismissal in Spain in 2026: types, compensation, the prior hearing and the twenty days
Spanish law knows three dismissals and the letter has to say which one it is. Since the Supreme Court's ruling of 18 November 2024 a disciplinary dismissal needs a hearing before the letter; the compensation is thirty-three days per year for an unfair dismissal and twenty for an objective one, and the courts have refused to add to it; one 2026 decree forbids crisis dismissals to the companies that took its aid; and the claim has twenty working days, through the SMAC and the social court.
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Transparent working conditions: the information every employer in Spain must hand over before the first day, from 5 October 2026 (Royal Decree 723/2026)
A restaurant in Corralejo hires a waiter who starts on 15 October: under Royal Decree 723/2026, which applies from 5 October 2026, he must hold seventeen items in writing before his first day — pay and each supplement, the hours and how they may change, the collective agreement, the systems that allocate his shifts. Who is covered, households included, how the document is delivered and proved, the thirty working days for the people already employed, and what a breach costs.
Your first employee in Spain: the 2026 employer duties, step by step — and where the time registry stands
The company is set up and the first hire is real. Before the first working day the employer must exist for Social Security, the worker must be registered before they start and the contract filed within ten days; then come the €1,221 minimum wage of 2026, the daily time registry an inspector can ask for, the prevention plan and, for a non-EU hire, the work authorisation the employer applies for. The duties in order, and where the digital time registry really stands.