heads and tails labor reform. Legislative change promoted by the government and agreed between employers and trade unions, temporary rate last year in the province, but in return increased numbers significantly part-time workers. Moreover, another form of insecurity might be to hide something. increase in labor traffickingaccording to the trade unions and experts consulted.
The data is truly stunning. between 15,600 employees According to the first quarter data of the Active Population Survey, the province’s earnings in the last year corresponds to only 3,000 full-time jobsthe rest 12,600 part-time jobs. In other words, over 80% of the new jobs created during this time are part-time or similar jobs. Moreover, it is involuntary in most cases, as the annual series of the same survey reveals.
As noted by Professor of Economics and labor market expert at the University of Alicante simon the hippo In Spain as a whole “most of the new jobs were created in Spain. hospitality and tradesectors and companies with relatively worse working conditions look for flexibility formulas before new job demands, such as part-time work may include real full-time hours in some casesIt is a situation that may occur “significantly considering the productive texture and employment quality in the province”.
An analysis agreed by CC OO’s Minister of Employment at l’Alacantí-les Marines, Jose Maria Ruiz Olmosreminding that there are unions They have long condemned such practices. hiring just half a day – to watch their back before a possible inspection – and forcing them to do the rest of the working time in “b”. a fraud could have been strengthened by the currently existing barriers to temporary hiringhas been exploited before.
The EPA also underlines that part-time employment is one of the biggest drivers of business life. gender inequality It is seen that it still exists in the labor market and this phenomenon has deepened. So, the number part-time workers increased from 90,800 to 103,300 in just one year, ie 12,500 more; the number of full-time employees decreased from 271,800 to 267,200, or 4,600.
It has nothing to do with the evolution of employment. menthe number of part-time workers increased by almost a hundred – with only 28,300 men employed part-time, in addition to a much lower total. full time increase from 401,300 to 408,900.
“Doing these jobs by women continues to be normalized. on the pretext that they are the ones who do most of the family care and housework. In l’Alacantí-la Marina, the general secretary of the UGT, they sell it as if they are doing you a favor when it comes to discrimination”, insists, Yolanda DiazBut this persists in the positive effects that labor reform has had as a whole. “It’s clear you need to focus and see what is failing, but the truth is there are more people working and in stable employment,” Díaz insists.
Another discrimination highlighted by these data is the discrimination that foreign workers are exposed to. And of the new part-time jobs created in the state last year, only 1,200, or 10%, are occupied by Spanish workers. the rest, so 11,400 foreign workers, According to EPA data from the Valencian Statistical Institute.
on his behalf, ANSWER part-time agreement of the Employment and Collective Bargaining Agreement signed last week. Sufficient tools to meet flexibility needs workers and companies.
About 85,000 permanent workers over a year ago
Despite the increase in part-time employment, the main impact of the Labor Reform has been to improve hiring stability. According to the EPA, in this last year alone, the province has gained 84,600 permanent workers, while temporary workers have decreased by 68,300, which has reduced the temporary proportion of the salaried population from 25% to 14%.