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Oct 2016
3

“Libro de Visitas” No Longer Obligatory in the Work Place

After my supposed holidays (all business owner’s nightmare trying to get time off to clear the cobwebs away)

“Libro de Visitas” No Longer Obligatory in the Work Place

Business Owners , , , Sabrina L. Williams

After my supposed holidays (all business owner’s nightmare trying to get time off to clear the cobwebs away) and quarterly taxes this month, I am catching up on my writing so this article is reaching you a little later than it should.

Since last month, business owners no longer have the obligation to have the “Libro de visitas” or Work Inspection Book at their premises. This book is used by Work Inspectors for Social Security as they carry out their duties, checking the legalities of employees in the work place and up until recently, it was an obligatory material to have onsite either in its common paper format or in the newer digital version. Social Security have now seen fit to release business owners from this additional burden and forego the purchase of this book.

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Oct 2016
1

The Spanish Government Holds the SUN for Ransom

As crazy as the header sounds, it is true, in essence, the Spanish Government is holding the sun

The Spanish Government Holds the SUN for Ransom

Business Owners, Spanish News , , , , , Sabrina L. Williams

As crazy as the header sounds, it is true, in essence, the Spanish Government is holding the sun for ransom and I reported on this subject back in July 2013 when this topic first hit the media. At the time, a government official claimed when asked about the new draft of the decree that the goal is to “balance the electric system in a definitive way, to prevent new instabilities and guarantee the consumer’s electric supply at the lowest price possible and in a more transparent way”. These new measures would see a raise in tariffs (what has been called “sun tax”) for those who generate their own electricity at home despite efforts made in numerous countries to increase awareness for green power, not Spain however. This country’s officials prefer to penalize those who take the initiative to do something pro-environment and even go as far as taxing a source of energy that no one person, no institution, government nor monarchy has ownership of.