The new labor reform, which celebrated a year and a quarter of its validity in March, has increased the weight of temporary employment agencies in an effort to limit the indiscriminate use of temporary contracts. The new rules, these companies permanent fixed contracts not to break the contractual relationship with the worker, to suspend it, etc., in order to have it used by its employees, to a third company later on, and during periods of inactivity. Until now, the contractual relationship of the worker with ett generally continued as long as the need for the third company lasted.
While Díaz has not provided further details on the scope and methods of the new Inspection campaign, monitoring the proper use of these perpetual contracts will likely be one of the aims. And the correct management of this contract formula for the year 2023 is a priority in all companies for the ‘labor police’.
According to the data collected in the last annual report of the organization, companies or employment agencies were not in the primary focus of the ‘labour police’ until now. In 2021, investigators took a total of 415 transactions against these companies across Spain, finding irregularities in 25% of them. And they published proposals for sanctions. 404.689 €.
About 190,000 workers are offered to third-party companies each month through an ett, of which 32,000 are located in Catalonia. On a sectoral basis, the presence of intermediary institutions is in the manufacturing industry with 28.2% of the total contracts signed; in agriculture, animal husbandry and fisheries (17.8%); According to the latest data of the Ministry of Labour, transportation (17.5%) and accommodation (12.3%).