Part-time Employment Contract. Critical Points and Novel Aspects

[Resumo] As últimas reformas laborais pretenderon incentivar o recurso aos contratos a tempo parcial, que en España teñen unhas porcentaxes de uso moi inferiores á media europea, debido ao seu menor atractivo para os traballadores e para as empresas. No caso dos primeiros, historicamente o traballo a tempo parcial significou unha menor protección social; e canto aos segundos, o réxime laboral do contrato a tempo parcial non incorpora os suficientes elementos de flexibilidade na xestión do tempo de traballo. Este artigo trata de reflectir a adaptación operada polas modificacións lexislativas e as modalidades de contratos a tempo parcial creados.[Abstract] The latest labour reforms have tried to encourage recourse to part–time employment contracts, having usage percentages well below the European average, due to its less attractive for workers and employers in Spain. For the employees, part–time work has historically meant a lesser social protection; and for the employers, the labour regime of the part–time employment contract has not added enough elements of flexibility in the management of working time. This article tries to reflect adaptation operated by the legislative amendments and the modalities of part–time employment contract