[Kurtz79]

I beg to differ (I completely agree with it being a horrible place to do business, on the other hand).

Apart from having free healthcare (although they are trying to change that as well), layoffs are regulated by law (companies must file a special request,ERE, to the government in order to axe more than a percentage of employees, which must be justified), workers are entitled to a severance package of 30 days (it was 45 a few years ago) of pay for each year spent at the company, and for each year working you accumulate three months worth of unemployment benefits.

I'm sure that there are countries which offer better conditions, but I can't say Spain has a weak safety net.

[walshemj]

Um I know how Spain treats TUPE which is to say you have no protection on transfer of employer that is not the sign of a country that treats its employees well.