Do you know the “Mecuida plan”?

The "mecuida plan" can be requested by those workers who find themselves in a series of exceptional circumstances related to the actions necessary to prevent the transmission of Covid-19, and it is one of the ways they have to refuse a change in work hours, without having to resort to justice.

2/1/2021

This plan is regulated in article 6 of RDL 8/202 of March 17, and is created so that the worker can benefit from it in order to adapt and/or reduce their working hours, if they can prove that they are experiencing a series of exceptional circumstances due to Covid 19, such as having to take care of their partner, or a blood relative (up to the second degree), and that for reasons of age, illness or disability they need someone to take personal and direct care of them.

The “mecuida plan” specifies that some decisions adopted by Government Authorities related to Covid 19, and that imply the closure of educational centers and therefore it is necessary to take care of a minor, may also be considered exceptional circumstances; or also when the presence of the worker is required because the person who had done so up to that point, and who met the characteristics to do so, can no longer continue to do so for reasons also related to the Coronavirus.

We are living in turbulent times and that is why it is important to know all the legal mechanisms related to working hours and Covid that exist to be able to use them when necessary.

From a business perspective, it is very important to have the most optimal tools, such as Timenet, to comply with the Law, and to be able to keep a record of the working day of the entire workforce, which allows us to differentiate ordinary hours from overtime or other types, and which allows us to do this from anywhere with an internet connection, and therefore also facilitates teleworking.

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