The Social Court of A Coruña rules that XEAL's furlough scheme complies with the law. 

• THE SOCIAL COURT OF A CORUÑA HAS DISMISSED IN ITS ENTIRETY THE COLLECTIVE DISPUTE LAWSUIT FILED BY THE CIG, UGT, CGT AND USO UNIONS AGAINST THE FURLOUGH SCHEME APPLIED BY THE COMPANY SINCE SEPTEMBER 2020.

• THE COURT UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE ARE GROUNDS FOR ITS APPLICATION AND CONSIDERS THE COMPANY'S ACTIONS IN SAID APPLICATION AS TRANSPARENT AND COMMENDABLE. 

The courts have dismissed in its entirety the collective dispute lawsuit filed by the CIG, UGT, CGT and USO unions against the furlough scheme applied by XEAL between September 2020 and February 2021. XEAL approved the furlough in February 2019 with the support of the union majority.

The Social Court of A Coruña has ruled that the lawsuit against the furlough scheme legally applied by the company has been dismissed in its entirety , and considers that there are grounds for its application and that the legal representation had all the necessary information at the time of the negotiation.

Likewise, the judge particularly valued the company's efforts to reduce the impact of the suspension of contracts: "And what this judge appreciates is that this is what has happened in September 2020; there is clear evidence that the company has made determined efforts to reduce the intensity of what was agreed (not applying the furlough scheme in 2019 and delaying its application until September 2020 and with an affectation for the workers well below the maximum limit agreed in the work center in question) so that the business decision, in my view, cannot be declared null and void or unjustified; It is perfectly legal as it derives from the furlough scheme in force agreed with the social party, so there is no reason to reproach its actions in the specific terms contained in the lawsuit and on the basis of the facts that were the basis for the plaintiff's claim".