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Royal Decree 901/2020 regulates equality plans and their registration. For a firm that is growing, the threshold of fifty workers triggers an obligation with precise deadlines. We review how headcount is counted, what the plan must include and how long it lasts.
The knowledge a firm accumulates, such as its templates, methodology or commercial information, can be protected as a trade secret. But Law 1/2019 protects it only if the firm takes reasonable measures to keep it secret, and it does not allow restricting professionals' mobility.
The Central Beneficial Ownership Register, created by Royal Decree 609/2023, centralises information on who controls companies and other entities. For firms involved in corporate transactions it is both an obligation of their clients and a due diligence tool.
Law 4/2023 obliges companies with more than fifty employees to have a planned set of measures for the equality of LGTBI people, with a protocol against harassment and violence. Royal Decree 1026/2024 specifies how to negotiate it and what it must include.
The Legal Profession Defence Department of the Madrid Bar Association organises a practical workshop on Tuesday 27 October to review, with a court clerk (letrada de la Administración de Justicia), the problems detected in how the first-instance courts work.
The new customer service law requires large companies and basic services to offer human service, identify each procedure and resolve within a maximum period. A firm will only be obliged if it meets those conditions. Even so, the legal profession should adopt similar standards on its own initiative.
