Spain: The High Court of Justice of Cantabria recognizes the suicide of an employee, which occurred outside the company and outside working hours, as a work-related accident
The High Court of Justice of Cantabria ordered the Social Security Institute and a company’s mutual insurance company to pay widow’s and orphan’s pensions arising from an occupational contingency to a woman and her daughter for the father’s suicide. Although the event occurred outside the company, the judges consider that it was linked to his […]
Spain: The High Court of Justice of Catalonia awards a dismissed employee a complementary payment on top of the statutory severance payment
In the present case, the company dismissed the employee based on business grounds, specifically due to productive reasons. Just 5 days after the termination, the company resorted to a temporary labor force adjustment plan due to force majeure derived from the pandemic. As a result of the dismissal, the employee filed a lawsuit claiming the […]