The new labor reform will come into force before the end of the year to comply with the requirement established by the European Commission and will then be voted on in Congress, where the Executive of Pedro Sánchez has not guaranteed the necessary support from ERC, EH Bildu or PNV.
The Spanish Government will approve this Tuesday the Royal decree law with the changes in labor legislation agreed with the employer and the unions UGT and CCOO. However, the Executive of Pedro Sánchez does not have the necessary support from PNV, EH Bildu and ERC to carry out the labor reform during its parliamentary process.
The new regulations will enter into force on Wednesday, December 29, in order to comply with the condition established by Brussels of having the labour reform before the end of 2021.
After months of intense negotiations, last week the Spanish Government managed to close an agreement, which it described as “historic”, with the CEOE and Cepyme employers and the UGT and CCOO unions.
However, PSOE and United We Can do not have an absolute majority in Congress and need the support of other groups such as Republican Left Y eh Bildu, which have already advanced that they will not endorse a text that will not repeal the 2012 PP labor reform.
The PNV It has also ensured that it will not vote in favor of this law if the prevalence of regional agreements is not guaranteed.
For his part, the president of the CEOE, Antonio Garamendi, has underlined that “the agreement is not touched” And, in that sense, it has warned the Spanish Government that if changes are made to the labor reform during the parliamentary process, it would not make sense to sit down and negotiate again.
“If I reach a pact and change it, I do not know why I am going to sit on the following occasions,” Garamendi added in statements to RNE.
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