The Spanish government has prohibited employers from permanently dismissing workers for as long as it lasts, telling them that they have a legal basis for temporarily suspending employment contracts, reports HINA.
"There can be no layoffs due to the coronavirus, force majeure, financial or production problems, because we have put public money and legal options to temporarily cancel contracts," said Labor Minister Jolanda Diaz at a press conference on Friday after the ministerial meeting.
The government has adopted a legal measure that can veto permanent layoffs while the state of emergency is declared in the country, HINA reports.
The Ministry of Labor will review all received dismissal procedures so that companies do not take advantage of this situation for permanent layoffs or those that have nothing to do with the coronavirus, the minister said.
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