We read in the ARA The number of female managers in France has been steadily increasing, thanks to the law that requires companies with more than 1,000 employees to have at least 30% women on their management and executive committees. By 2029, the percentage of female managers must reach 40%.

"School supplies," "maintenance of the educational project," or "general services." These are concepts familiar to many families because they appear on the fee receipts they pay at their children's school. However, the ambiguity of these terms can lead families to assume expenses of an educational institution that, by law, they should not have to bear, or at least should not be obligated to do so. This is the warning issued in a September resolution by the Ombudsman for Grievances, which ARA has been able to consult. The document is a response to a specific case concerning a change in fees at several semi-private schools, but the institution also notes that, in its work, it has detected that "some public and semi-private schools include expenses [...] that should not be the responsibility of families or should not be considered mandatory contributions."

The Spanish government put on the table this Monday a first proposal for the fees that self-employed workers will have to pay over the next three years. The Ministry of Social Security's proposal is for the contributions of those who contribute at the minimum base to increase by between €17.37 and €206.24 per month in 2026, an increase that has already been rejected by the organizations representing this group. At ARA, we spoke with Jordi Garcia, professor of labor law at the University of Barcelona (UB).

There is already a first image of the adjustment through which the State is adapting the contributions that the self-employed pay each month to their real net income. Today, the General Treasury of Social Security has donated to publish the first results of the annual regularization process of the quotes of the self-employed corresponding to the 2023 exercise, which will last until the end of April 2025. It has arrived after a review of the results. contributions and the guanys declarations in 2023, that is, after creating the data of the Social Security and the Tax Agency.

From €90 to €1,220 per month. These are the new quotas for the self-employed that the Spanish government is proposing and has already sent to employers and unions prior to negotiations.

The Ministry of Social Security has denied that the minimum quota for self-employed workers increases from 289 euros to 433 euros per month, as it had circulated on social networks in recent days and this Wednesday had denounced the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona.