The labor law is one that deals with legislation and intervene in conflicts produced in the field of labor between firms and employees and between them with the state.

The rights and obligations of workers are regulated hierarchical manner by the Constitution, labor laws, collective agreements and contracts.

Status of Workers

Los The agreements and contracts specify the circumstances of the worker, but they can not ignore neither the Constitution nor the laws that relate to them, which specifies the minimum compliance required.

Under Spanish labor law highlights the Status of Trabajadores.Éste document was adopted in 1980 and continuing in force with the necessary changes.

Rights

In the Workers' Statute recognized workers' rights including:

·  The right to work, to choose their profession, promotion and training in it.

·  The right to assemble, form unions and strikes.

·  Right to negotiate and participate in their own business.

·  The right to respect for his privacy, dignity and physical integrity.

·  Right to their work to be paid as prescribed by law and the contract.

·  Right to enjoy the necessary security and hygiene at work.

Duties of workers

The Workers' Statute also spoke of the duties workers by law and by its own contract must meet:

·  Duty to comply with the obligations deriving from his post.

·  Duty to execute orders from their superiors on what is reasonable.

·  Duty to observe the rules of safety and hygiene.

Conventions

Collective agreements are negotiated between representatives of workers and businesses. They must abide by the law in force and are binding on all companies in the sector to which they relate.

In these agreements are realized and distinguished standards which will govern labor relations between companies and entrepreneurs as day categories, or vacation pay.

Contracts

The contracts must be put in writing and once signed, shall be submitted by the company to the Administration within a maximum of 10 days.

The contracts must comply with the labor laws and collective agreementsThey specify the work schedule, salary and other circumstances of the workers.

There are various types of contracts depending on the circumstances to which they can be accommodated as contracts for training, part-time contracts or to work from home.

Collective Representation

The rights of participation and negotiation in the business tend to be exercised by the workers through their representatives in the company:

·  Delegate personnel in enterprises with fewer than 50 workers.

·  Works in companies with more than 50 employees.

Above the representatives of each business in the area are collective unions, which are associations of workers aimed at the struggle for respect and improvement in working conditions.