Analysis of the legal framework on corporate volunteering in Spain

Abstract

After defining company volunteering, this work focuses on analyzing its external and internal legislative framework. At first, the recommendations on company volunteering in the supranational or external sphere are examined since it develops guidelines that establish the bases to be followed at lower levels. Subsequently, it focuses on its national or internal development, and for this, it begins by analyzing the Spanish regulations and continues with the observation of the autonomic ones. After six years since Law 45/2015, of October 14, on volunteering came to light, its regulatory development is still pending approval. Although progress has been made in the Royal Decree project, improvements could be made before publication. To this end, its content has been analyzed, and proposals for modifications are made that would bring the regulation closer to international organizations’ indications to differentiate traditional from corporate or company volunteering. On the other hand, given the diversity of regulations in the diverse autonomous communities, it is considered interesting to examine their degree of uniformity and whether they have improved or restricted state legislation. The purpose of this comparison is to contrast possible divergences in the various regulatory frameworks. To present a complete study on the different actions, the different plans or strategies of corporate volunteering developed in the Spanish state and autonomous region will be shown, and the presentation of volunteering in them.