Labour advisory and payroll services for companies and SMEs

The employment side of an SME is not limited to drafting contracts, processing payroll, and filing Social Security contributions. What is truly at stake is something else: paying correctly, contributing correctly, documenting properly, and avoiding mistakes that later turn into disputes, claims, or significantly higher costs.
The Spanish Social Security Treasury (TGSS) structures its digital relationship with companies and authorised representatives through the RED System, the Direct Settlement System, and modalities such as RED Directo, designed for small and medium-sized enterprises.
 
At ASO Corporate we approach this area with a very clear goal: to ensure your company has labour order, documentary control, and greater peace of mind. We offer in-person consultations in Barberà del Vallès by appointment and also online across the province of Barcelona.

Your SME doesn’t just need payroll processing: it needs proper control of its employment and labour matters

When a company grows, hires staff, or simply maintains a workforce, employment management stops being a routine task and becomes a sensitive area of the business. The Workers’ Statute regulates employment contracts, working time, overtime, wages, modifications, suspension, and termination; and the General Social Security Act underpins the entire system of contributions and social protection. This means labour management cannot be treated as a mere compliance exercise: it has a direct impact on costs, organisation, and risk.

Employment contracts: choosing correctly prevents costly problems

The Spanish Public Employment Service (SEPE) provides official information on employment contracts and their types, and makes it clear that fixed-term contracts can only be used for production-related circumstances or employee replacement. It also outlines the current contract types, such as permanent, temporary, and training contracts. This choice is not minor: selecting the wrong contract type or documenting it incorrectly can end up being far more expensive than doing it properly from the start.

That is why we do not treat hiring as simply “filling in a form”. We treat it as a decision that must fit the reality of the role, the duration of the need, the company’s organisation, and the total labour cost.

Payroll, contributions, and Social Security without improvisation

Contributions are not just a recurring obligation: they are one of the areas where silent errors most often accumulate. The Spanish Social Security system explains that the Direct Settlement System aims to minimise errors by having the Social Security Treasury (TGSS) apply contribution rules directly and verify data before settlement, improving transparency and electronic interaction with companies. The Order PJC/178/2025 also sets current rules for determining contribution bases, based on monthly earned remuneration.

This means that good labour advisory does not just “process payroll”: it checks whether contribution bases, payroll concepts, registrations, deregistrations, and employment variations are correctly structured, and whether the documentation actually supports what the company is doing in practice.

Working time records, working hours, remote work and internal control

The Workers’ Statute requires a daily working time record under Article 34.9, and Law 10/2021 on remote work adds that, in teleworking arrangements, the recording system must accurately reflect the time spent on work activity, including the start and end of the working day. This makes time tracking a much more sensitive issue than many SMEs realise.

When you add contracts, payroll, Social Security contributions, absences, holidays, working hours, and potential disputes, the conclusion is simple: companies need a properly structured labour system, not just ad hoc fixes as issues arise.

Labour mistakes that end up costing far more than they seem

A poorly chosen contract type, an incorrectly structured payslip, wrong Social Security contributions, a working time record that does not reflect reality, or poorly documented remote work rarely remain “minor issues”. They often lead to employee claims, contribution adjustments, problems with the Social Security Treasury, or disputes that could have been avoided with proper labour management. The TGSS itself promotes RED Directo as a tool to help SMEs comply with their Social Security obligations in real time, which shows how the system is designed to be managed in an orderly and controlled way.

This is where good labour advisory helps you gain peace of mind, reduce errors, and avoid unnecessary costs.

How we manage the labour side of your company

1. We understand how your workforce actually operates
We don’t treat every business the same. Labour management is different for companies with high turnover, stable teams, shift systems, remote work, or fast growth.

2. We organise hiring, payroll, and Social Security contributions
Contracts, registrations and deregistrations, Social Security, salary components, and compliance deadlines. The official framework for contracts is set by SEPE, while Social Security contributions are managed through the TGSS via the RED system and Direct Settlement.

3. We review working time and internal control
Working time records, holidays, absences, remote work, and documentation that the company must be able to support in case of inspection or review.

4. We help reduce errors and disputes
Our goal is that the labour side of your business is not a constant source of problems, but an organised system that allows you to make decisions with more confidence.

What documentation do we need?

If you already have it, it is useful to gather:

• basic company and workforce details;
• current employment contracts;
• latest payslips;
• Social Security contributions and settlements;
• information on working hours, shifts, or remote work arrangements;
• and any document that helps us understand how the labour side of your business is currently being managed.

If you don’t have everything, that’s not a problem. We’ll tell you what is truly needed and where it makes sense to start.

If you want an SME with fewer labour errors, fewer surprises, and more control, this is where the change starts

Your company doesn’t just need someone to process payroll. It needs labour advisory that helps you hire better, contribute correctly, organise documentation, and reduce risk before it becomes a problem.