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2024 brings with it important changes in the labour sphere, which will mark new dynamics and obligations in companies.

Christmas hampers and corporate gifts and dinners are still today a custom in many companies. This tradition involves not only employers and workers, but also the Tax Authorities, since they are considered a deductible item for Corporate Income Tax purposes.

As every year, the Chamber of Commerce of Girona organizes the fair "TreballemGi", a space to discover new job offers and expand knowledge aimed at those interested in getting started in the world of work and increase their experience.

Last month, the Government of Catalonia approved the launch of a new grant for BruixIT projects. These grants promote the growth and consolidation of technology-based start-ups led by women, as well as the development of innovative activities within the cooperative movement, with the aim of improving the current digital tools.

On September 18, the Official Gazette of the Generalitat de Catalunya (DOGC) published the regulatory bases for the presentation of new grants in the catering sector for the promotion of Catalan gastronomy. Within these subsidies, companies will be able to apply for two types of subsidies

Royal Decree Law 2/2023 on urgent measures for the extension of pensioners' rights comes into force on October 1, following its publication in the Official State Gazette on March 23. This new regulation incorporates an important novelty: for the first time, the contribution of workers with reduced working hours is equal to those who work full time. 

A new tax reform is expected to come into force in January 2025 that will exempt freelancers with income of less than 85,000 euros from the obligation to include VAT in their invoices. The Tax Agency and the self-employed associations are working on the implementation of the European Directive 2020/285, approved on February 18, 2020.

On July 29th, Royal Decree-Law 5/2023, of June 28th, came into force, which approves a new regulation integrating the structural changes of domestic and cross-border commercial companies. In this way, in addition to complying with the incorporation of the European Mobility Directive 2019/2021 into the Spanish legal system, Law 3/2009, of April 3, 2009, is repealed.