What it is
VOX bill would recriminalize picket coercion and remove workplace equality plans
Admitted step 2 of 7· LapsedIt is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 11 January 2024. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario VOX.
Official title: Private member's bill for an Organic Law on the protection of workers' constitutional rights.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000048· updated 11 Nov
Automatic summary, not yet reviewed
- The bill would again make it a crime to coerce someone to start or continue a strike, punishable by two to four years and six months in prison or a fine of eighteen to twenty-four months. This reverses the decriminalization carried out by Organic Law 5/2021.
- It would remove workplace equality plans as a legal figure, and any plans already in place would cease to apply once the law takes effect. Companies would still have to respect equality among workers and prevent crimes against sexual freedom at work.
- It would repeal the twenty-third additional provision of the Workers' Statute, which established a presumption of employment for digital platform delivery riders. The bill argues that the affected workers do not want that regime.
- It would remove several sections of the Workers' Statute related to equality and collective bargaining, and change the rules for a company opting out of conditions set in a collective agreement.
- The bill relies on state powers over criminal law, equality, and labor legislation. The first two articles would be organic in nature and the rest ordinary. It would take effect the day after publication in the Official State Gazette.
Who it affects
- Workers on strike or wanting to strike: Coercing them to start or continue a strike would become a crime again.
- Companies: They would no longer have to maintain equality plans, and existing ones would cease to apply.
- Digital platform delivery riders: They would lose the presumption that their relationship is an employment one.
- Companies and worker representatives: The rules for opting out of collective agreement conditions would change.
Words worth knowing
- Proposición de ley
- A bill introduced by a parliamentary group to become law. It is not an approved law yet.
- Ley orgánica
- Organic law: a type of Spanish law reserved for major matters such as fundamental rights. It needs more votes to pass than an ordinary law.
- Plan de igualdad
- Equality plan: a set of measures companies must adopt to treat men and women equally at work.
- Convenio colectivo
- Collective agreement: a deal setting working conditions (pay, hours, etc.) for a sector or a company.
- Presunción de laboralidad
- Presumption of employment: a rule treating a platform worker as an employee unless proven otherwise.
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Where it stands
How far did it get?
It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is lapsed.
- Introduced11 January 2024Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted16 January 2024The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
- Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
- Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
- Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
- Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
- BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
Was there a plenary vote?
We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.
What happens next
What happens now?
The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.
Sources
Where does all this come from?
- Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000048
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
- Congreso de los Diputados, procedure
The date of each step, with its official wording.
Retrieved 12 November 2026
- The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
- Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
- We never say “passed” because of a vote: the files do not say which majority was needed.