After intensive negotiations in the National Labour Council (CNT/NAR), the social partners have reached a major reform regarding the end of careers. This reform aims to provide a clear, coherent, and stable legal framework that takes into account the events in employees' careers and promotes the extension of working lives. This reform, formalized on 15 July 2025, implements the coalition agreement and responds to the draft royal decrees on end-of-career matters submitted to it for advice. It also covers collective agreements concluded at the interprofessional and/or sectoral or company level that govern matters related to the end of careers. The agreement on this reform stipulates that the Council will amend and renew its collective agreements on unemployment with company allowance and on transitional careers, as well as on temporary unemployment for white-collar workers.
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