Working conditions are still constantly evolving thanks to Policies of the Ministry of Labor that review aspects such as schedules, holiday periods, duration of the working day or extra payments To guarantee better conditions to the employee, although it is not always achieved. As the Statute of Workers, it is the agency responsible for protecting employee rights, recalled a clause that few know.
More and more facilities are so that employees can reconcile their working life with the professional, some situations considered as greater cause forces prevent us from being 100% in the workplace to the point of having to abandon it to solve the problem.
According to article 37.9 of the Statute, the employee has the right to absent from work with salary on these occasions: “The working person will have the right to absent from work, with the right to remunerationdue to force majeure when is necessary for urgent family reasons related to family or cohabiting peoplein case of illness or accident that make their immediate presence indispensable, “he says.
The second vice president of the Government and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, during a press conference
If a family emergency occurs, the job will be abandoned without losing compensation. It is understood as family emergency, a serious accident or illness of a relative or cohabiting, an accident or domestic family of a relative or a nearby, medical emergencies that require your presence and situations in which for example a dependent child or father runs out of attention.
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It is necessary that the absence is justified and communicate to the company as soon as possible. The regulation does not mark a time limit to be absent, but it must be “brief” which is equivalent to the time necessary to solve the situation. Even so, The rule introduces the possibility that these absences are for hours or for full days, if gravity requires it.
To justify the urgency before the company, medical reports or documents that may support the absence of the job position must be requested. The permission is paid and being of greater cause does not need prior authorization.
