Special Information Briefing COVID-19 (No. 20): Employment measures provided for in RD-l 18/2020

On 13 May 2020, Royal Decree-law 18/2020, of 12 May, on social measures to protect employment (“RD-l 18/2020”), was published in the Official State Bulletin. RD-l 18/2020 includes measures relating to employment that expand on and develop those already adopted by previous royal decrees-laws, such as Royal Decree-law 8/2020, of 17 March, on extraordinary urgent measures to address the economic and social impact of COVID-19 (“RD-l 8/2020”), especially with regard to temporary workforce restructuring plans (“ERTEs”) and the conditions relating thereto.

In particular, RD-l 18/2020 sets out the following measures:

A. Special provisions applicable to ERTEs due to force majeure regulated in RD-l 8/2020

It establishes that total ERTEs due to force majeure which have already been processed by companies whose activity cannot resume as a result of the situation that led to the ERTE being requested, will remain in place until the situation is resolved and, at most, until 30 June 2020.

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