The average compensation that directors of companies listed on the stock exchange receive for the termination of their contractual relationship stood at 3.7 million euros last year. The amount, far exceeded by some multi-million euro settlements, especially in companies on the Ibex, the major stock market benchmark, is extremely far from the average of 9,000 euros received by laid-off workers. In any case, there is a lot of variability depending on the sectors, from about 2,400 euros in hospitality to more than 32,000 in banking and the financial sector, according to data from the Ministry of Labor.

The historic spokesperson for Renfe in Catalonia, Antonio Carmona, has been removed from his position in Rodalies. According to has advanced La Vanguardia and the company sources have confirmed to ARA, Carmona was dismissed a few weeks ago as director of institutional relations, from where he acted as an interlocutor with administrations and the media. Since then, according to the same sources, he has been in charge of new "functions in the commercial services" of the railway operator.

Never before has a change in the command of the Catalan police force, known as the Mossos d'Esquadra, been surrounded by so much controversy. The dismissal of Chief Constable Josep Lluís Trapero, the highest ranked office in the force, has been surrounded by accusations of a political purge that the Catalan government denies and the opposition wants to be investigated by a parliamentary commission. The consequences of this huge shift are not over.