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Díaz begins his labour counter-reform with the repeal of the dismissal for misconduct

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Alfredo Aspra explains that absenteeism continues to be one of the main obstacles to be overcome for companies' productivity ratios in El Economista

The Council of Ministers yesterday repealed Article 52.d) of the, which allows employers to objectively dismiss a worker for accumulating absences from work, even when justified, by means of a Royal Decree-Law. As of tomorrow, when the rule is published, it will already be in force.

"It should be remembered that dismissal due to absence from work is not new. This cause of contractual extinction has been contemplated in the Statute of Workers' Rights since its original 1980 version. It is true that it has changed since then, but the cause itself had been incorporated in our legal system for a long time", explains Alfredo Aspra, partner in charge of the Andersen Tax & Legal Employment Area. For this lawyer it has not been an effective character, being hardly ever used by companies and "because absenteeism continues to be one of the main obstacles to be overcome for the productivity ratios of companies”.

You can see the full article in El Economista. 

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