Spanish Labour and Social Security Inspection issues 2025-2027 strategic plan
Published on 24th October 2025
The new plan boosts the modernisation of the agency and strengthens the fight against labour fraud in the digital sphere
The Council of Ministers has approved the Labour and Social Security Inspection (ITSS) strategic plan that will guide the actions of the government agency over the next three years is committed to a more preventive, selective and digitalised labour inspection.
The plan is specifically aimed at combating new forms of fraud linked to digitalisation, such as artificial intelligence, international teleworking and algorithmic discrimination. Therefore, new technological tools are introduced (such as computer forensic laboratories or algorithmic rules) that will increase the control capacity of the ITSS. All of this places companies in a more sophisticated, digitised and demanding surveillance environment.
How will the new ITSS plan affect companies and what areas will they have to pay special attention?
Labour fraud and irregular employment
The plan has an impact on the detection and regularisation of undeclared employment, with special emphasis on digital platforms, false self-employed, associated work cooperatives and fraud in part-time hiring.
In addition, data cross-checks between public administrations (including the Tax Agency) will be intensified.
The plan also warns that priority will be given to the regularization of those employment relationships of a permanent and discontinuous nature in which the required intermittence and seasonality are not present and, therefore, should be considered as ordinary employment relationships.
Social security contributions and benefits
The plan reinforces the fight against fraud in social security contributions and benefits by means of specific campaigns to verify the correct registration of workers, the proper contribution of self-employed workers and the detection of fictitious companies or improper registrations.
Prevention of occupational risks
The plan allows a more exhaustive control of preventive management, so that companies must review and update their prevention policies and procedures.
Documentary management and the public administration
Given the digitisation of procedures and the implementation of the electronic site, companies will be required to be more diligent in document management and in responding to ITSS requirements.
Osborne Clarke comment
This marks a significant development for the ITSS. In short, the plan opens the doors to a new era in the inspection field, in which the standard of labour control and complianceis raised.
These developments pose new challenges for companies, which will have to strategically coordinate their legal and human resources departments in order to identify risks, implement preventive measures and respond effectively to inspections.
If you would like to learn more about the ITSS' strategic plan for 2025-2027 or analyse your compliance systems, please do not hesitate to contact our specialists at Osborne Clarke.
