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Spanish duties, kept at every site and contractor.

For groups with plants, warehouses and service contractors in Spain.

Teamnet keeps the daily working-time record for every person, checks hours against the 40-hour average, and shows each month whether your contractors' wages and Social Security are in order, because the law makes the principal employer answer for them.

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The real problem

The law reaches past your own payroll.

When a contractor does work that is part of your own activity, you answer jointly for its workers' wages and Social Security. The evidence sits in the contractor's systems.

Every day recordedStart and finish times for each person, kept for four years.
Contractor crewsPaid by another firm, but their wages and contributions can come back to you.
Posted workersCrews sent from abroad must get Spanish pay and hours, and be notified first.
Evidence in emailCertificates and payslips scattered across inboxes.
What Teamnet does in Spain

Hours, pay and contractor evidence, read every month.

One record across employees, contractors, subcontractors and posted crews.

  • Daily working-time record with start and finish for every person, kept four years and ready for the Labour Inspectorate
  • Hours checked against the 40-hour weekly average and your collective agreement
  • Each contractor's Social Security certificate requested in writing, dated and chased until it arrives
  • Contractor payslips and contributions read each month; a gap shows as Needs review with a plain reason
  • Contractor register kept per shared workplace for your workers' representatives
  • Posted crews flagged when the advance notice or Spanish pay terms are missing

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What changes

Compliance, HR and operations see the same facts.

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  • HRWorking-time records, contracts and payslips on one record.
  • PurchasingContractor certificates collected and chased in one place.
  • Group complianceWhich contractors are in order, this month.
  • Workers' representativesThe contractor register ready when asked.
  • AuditorsRead-only access to any month.
The law

The laws you answer to in Spain.

Each law named, with its official source.

Workers' Statute, article 42

A principal employer checks that contractors are up to date with Social Security, and answers jointly for their Social Security debts for three years and their wage debts for one year after the work ends.

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Workers' Statute, article 34

A 40-hour weekly average, and a daily record of each person's start and finish times, kept four years.

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Posted Workers Law (Ley 45/1999)

Crews posted to Spain get Spanish rules on hours and pay, and the posting is notified before it starts.

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General Social Security Law

Contributions are calculated and transmitted electronically to the Social Security Treasury each period.

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Occupational Risk Prevention Law, article 24

Firms sharing a workplace coordinate safety; the principal monitors its contractors' compliance.

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Standards

The standards your customers and group ask about.

  • ILO core labour standards: no forced or child labour, freedom of association, no discrimination
  • UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
  • OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct
  • ISO 45001 for occupational health and safety
  • Customer supplier codes of conduct

Teamnet is the tool your compliance, operations and audit teams work in, so nothing is missed. Your auditors and the Labour Inspectorate keep their own role.

Sources last checked: 11 November 2026. Every official source linked on this page was opened on that date. Not legal advice: the law and the authority decide; read the official source and take advice for your own case.

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