Berta Ferro
Lawyer, Spain
Berta joined Osborne Clarke in March 2017 and specialises in employment law and social security matters.
She obtained her degree at Carlos III University of Madrid, graduating in Law in 2016. In 2018, she obtained a Double Master in Business Law and Legal Practice from University of Navarra (Madrid).
Berta is a member of the Madrid Bar Association.
Insights
Employment and pensions
Extent of the employer's duty to cooperate with the Labour Inspectorate
In practice, the actions of the Labour and Social Security Inspection raise many questions, as how the employer should behave...
24/06/2021
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2m
Employment and pensions
Main changes of the “Rider law”
On 12 May 2021, the Official State Gazette published Royal Decree-Law 9/2021, which amends the text of the Workers' Statute...
26/05/2021
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3m
Employment and pensions
Main features of Royal Decree 902/2020, of 13 October, on equal pay for women and men
The principle of equal pay and remuneration for men and women has acquired a leading role in the field of...
25/03/2021
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3m
Employment and pensions
Scope of the limitation on the distribution of dividends by companies that have applied ERTEs
Royal Decree-Laws 18/2020 and 24/2020 establish a limitation on the distribution of dividends to those companies that have applied an...
26/02/2021
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2m
Employment and pensions
Commentary on the Supreme Court Plenary Judgment of 29 December 2020, which amends its previous doctrine on temporary contracts, linked to the duration of commercial contracts
The High Court has modified what has been its reiterated criteria since late 1990s, ending with the legality of the...
29/01/2021
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2m
Employment and pensions
Can companies force their staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19?
Initially, after the first reports of the pandemic, we wondered whether companies could implement mandatory temperature controls at the entrances...
24/12/2020
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3m
Employment and pensions
Mandatory business policies on labor matters
Lately, labor law has had to adapt to new realities, in which employees and employers coexist in a changing and...
26/11/2020
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2m
Employment and pensions
Dancing around with the definition of "working time". New rulings on on-call time and time spent travelling between the employees’ homes and the premises of the first customer
The entry into force of numerous legal precepts related to working time and its determination (e.g., time recording or digital...
30/10/2020
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3m
Employment and pensions
New regulation of remote working
Royal Decree Law 28/2020 of 22 September (the "RD Law 28/2020") introduces the new regulation of distance work into Spanish...
30/09/2020
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4m
Employment and pensions
Preventive measures at work: getting ready to return to the workplace
The gradual remission of the COVID -19 pandemic, together with the end of the state of alarm, has led many...
25/06/2020
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2m
Employment and pensions
Temporary suspension of employment contracts or reduction of working time procedures due to force majeure can be extended until 30 June 2020
Royal Decree-Law 18/2020 allows temporary suspension of employment contracts or reduction of working time procedures (“ERTE”) due to force majeure...
22/05/2020
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3m
