Labour information alert: RD-Law 2/2021 on reinforcement and consolidation of social measures is in defence of employment

RD 2/2021 includes the:

• Extension of temporary lay-offs due to force majeure in force at the entry into force of Royal Decree 2/2021
• ERTES of force majeure due to impediment or limitations of activity
• ETOPs
• Companies belonging to sectors with a high rate of coverage by temporary lay-off proceedings and a low rate of recovery of activity
• Limits related to the distribution of dividends and fiscal transparency
• Safeguarding employment
• Extension of Articles 2 and 5 of Royal Decree-Law 9/2020, of 27 March, adopting complementary measures in the labour field to mitigate the effects of Covid-19
• Overtime and new outsourcing of activity during the application of the temporary employment regulation procedures regulated in this regulation
• Mecuida Plan
• Extraordinary measures in the area of unemployment protection 
• Measures to support the self-employed