Overview
- The Council of Ministers moved to approve the bill regulating non-labor practical training, more than two years after the Labour Ministry’s agreement with unions.
- The proposal must still clear the Cortes Generales, with acknowledged differences between PSOE and Sumar over its content and approval.
- The draft sets a sanction regime for abuses with fines ranging from €7,501 to €225,018 depending on the severity of violations.
- Companies would be required to reimburse interns’ expenses and extracurricular placements would be capped at 15% of ECTS and 480 hours, with defined limits for university-specific programs.
- University rectors (CRUE) and employers’ group CEOE oppose the plan, citing threats to the current training model and added bureaucracy.