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How Can Citizens Advice Bureau Spain Benefit You?

As an expatriate living in Spain; do you find that the Spanish bureaucratic system can be disconcerting? Have you discovered that the simplest of transactions are difficult to conclude? Find yourself searching for answers to problems only to discover that there is nowhere where you could find a solution? I am assuming that the answer is yes and that is why should be a member of our web site if you arent already.

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Worked As Carer But Patient/employer Dies What Rights Do I Have?

With a contract as ‘Empleado de Hogar‘/domestic workers and registered as such with the Seguridad Social, you can work, taking care of an elderly person, helping them with daily tasks in and around the house, either as in-house care...

Suitcase Lost Or Damaged After Flight How To Claim Compensation

Info from Spanish Consumer Organisation FACUA. FACUA-Consumers in Action reminds all passengers who have suffered the loss, delay in delivery or breakage of luggage on an airplane flight that are entitled to compensation of up to 1,353 euros, de...

Guide For Young People Wanting To Work In Europe In Summer

Guide from EURES, the network of European Employment Agencies. In Spain the representative of the EURES network is SEPE and through this institution it is possible to sign up for job offers from other countries, send them the curriculum and have...

Flexibility Adapting Work Schedule To Home Situation Labour Law

Article 34.8 of the Statute of Workers (ET) established, until last March 8: “the worker shall have the right to adapt the duration and distribution of the workday to realize his right to the reconciliation of personal, family life and lab...

Autonomos Andalucia Novelties 2019

Legislation by the Andalucia Government published in the BOJA on the 1st of July 2019, regulations re the call for applications published on the 29th of July 2019. Prolonged and in some cases, even higher bonifications of the social security con...

Spanish Nationality By Residency Special Cita Previa Madrid

As a result of the drastically increased number of applications for Spanish nationality based on residency, the Madrid office has arranged for a special ‘cita previa’ for foreigners who want to apply and present the necessary paperwo...

Bars & Restaurants, Legally Obliged To Serve Free Tap Water?

The very short answer is no, in most of the Autonomous Regions there is no law that obliges bar and restaurant owners to serve their clients tap water without charge. There are laws that regulate this in the regions of Navarra, the Balearic Isla...

Loss, Change Of Ownership, Death And Abandonment Of Pets (andalucia)

As all pets by law have permanent identification (chip) in case of loss, change of ownership or death of your pet, you must notify the Municipal Registry. The easiest way is to contact an Authorized Veterinarian, where you will be provided with ...

Widow's Pension Spain

In Spanish ´Pensión de viudedad’. To be able to claim it, both the deceased and the claimer need to meet certain requisites. This link to the Social Security magazine explains, it’s in Spanish and I´ll summarise some of it in Engl...

Law Of Second Chance Debt Cancellation For Returning Autonomos/others

In Spanish ‘La Ley de Segunda Oportunidad’ enabling those that couldn’t make their business work and ended up being in debt, to have a large percentage of their debts (up to 70%) annulled when they want to try running their own...

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