Hire employees and manage payroll in Spain

In preparation of becoming an employer a local company has to be formed. Procedures to achieve this in Spain are generally similar to other EU countries.

However, Spain obligates companies to establish so-called equality plans in Spain if their number of employees exceeds 100. Starting on 7 March 2022, the same will apply for companies with more than 50 employees. Such equality plans have certain obligatory contents, including aspects of quantification, and training, as well as continuous follow-up and review of these plans.

Spanish workdays are notoriously different from the rest of Europe, due to the siesta tradition, which means that workers and school children go home for some three hours in the middle of the day, usually between 14.00 to 16.00 or sometimes to 17.00. Following the pandemic, and the overall decentralization and digitization of labour where many workers are working from home, a trend has started to be seen where de facto work hours more and more are similar to the standard European 08.00-17.00. The standard work week in Spain is 40 hours.