Your employer must explain more job terms in writing

From 5 October, current employees can request required job details they have not already received.

If your job lasts more than four weeks, your employer must give you more details in writing before you start. Royal Decree 723/2026, published in Spain's BOE, takes effect on 5 October 2026.

What must your employer put in writing?

The information must explain your role and workplace, your base pay and each pay supplement, how variable pay is calculated and when you are paid. It must also cover working hours, shifts, overtime, holidays and any trial period.

Your employer must also identify the applicable collective agreement and explain your training rights and how the contract can end. If automated systems help decide your pay, hours, tasks or dismissal, the employer must explain the rules they use. The information must also cover the sexual harassment protocol and, where relevant, the company's equality plan and measures for LGTBI employees.

If your written contract already includes all the details, the employer does not need to repeat them in another document. If anything is missing, they must give it to you in writing. They can use paper or an electronic document that you can access, save and print.

The Ministry of Labour must provide an information template through SEPE within 20 days of publication. Employers' duty to provide the information does not depend on that template being available.

Can you ask for it if you already work here?

If your job is still active when the rules take effect, you can ask for any required details you do not have. Your employer has 30 working days from receiving your request to provide them. For a checklist of what to review before signing, see our guide to Spanish work contracts.

If your employer later changes any of these terms, they must tell you as soon as possible and no later than the day the change takes effect.

What should you do now?

1. Read the Royal Decree on the BOE website and save the link.
2. Compare your contract with the new written-information list. If you are starting your first job in Spain, use our guide to work paperwork in Spain.
3. If you already work here and are missing details, prepare a request to send when the rules take effect.