over 45 years old it happened most beneficiary for the recovery work until the actual takeover point in the province during the last year Three quarters of membership growth registered during this period. As a result of the aging of the population, it is a situation that has started to be seen in previous years, albeit to a much lesser extent than has occurred in the last twelve months.
This is evident from the latest detailed data on Social Security registered workers available by Generalitat’s Statistics Portal; it can also be verified that the vast majority of new jobs last year were employed here. permanent and also full-time.
In absolute terms, between June 2022 and the same month of this year (the last month in the regional structure), the province of Alicante 23,855 new contributorsreached a total of 731,096 active employees. This is less of an increase than in the previous twelve months, when the end of the epidemic allowed more than 40,000 jobs to be created, but most striking is the breakdown by age.
group with more growth is it understood 50 to 54 years old, this has been added 4,516 new participantsthose who have Another 4,002 people aged 60 to 64 work. The group aged 16 to 24, which is only third with 3,883 new member growth, is in theory the group that will intensify the largest increase in employment, as this is the age at which to enter employment the most. Working world.
If all fringes are added Over the age of 45, the result is 17,644 more people are employed Compared to a year ago, this means up to 73.9% of all improvement in occupancy during this period; In this period, it is usual to distribute more or less equally above and below this obstacle.
aging population
This evolution is largely explained by the population dynamics of the province; This resulted in, for example: The number of older workers has almost doubled In just a decade as the baby boom generation ages.
This is linked to Lack of occupations among young people in many occupationsThis leads employers in these sectors to hire older candidates to fill vacancies, such as those related to traditional industries such as the countryside, transportation or footwear.
However, as Mohure, Alicante human resources consultancy partner, has pointed out, a mentality shift is taking place among employers as well: Manuel Rios. “Businessmen they begin to value experience and, above all, commitment much more Reminding that many companies are experiencing increasing difficulties in retaining talent, the expert states that these employees contribute.
“Companies always more profile offersThey want employees with specific skills and more experience, which favors those over the age of 45 who adapt to the demands of companies,” says Miguel Hernández, professor of Business Organization at the University. Jose Maria Gomez Gras.
Unions point out that this improvement in employment among people over the age of 45, positive results of labor reformbecause, as they pointed out, this is partly stabilization Many workers who were previously exposed to extreme insecurity have succeeded. Especially those with less qualifications. “Depending on which sectors they were forced to sign daily contracts and only work when called upon. A temporality that the law no longer accepts”, recalls the person responsible for the Employment of CC OO at l’Alacantí-les Marines, Jose Maria Ruiz Olmos. In other words, the numbers also reflect the situation. regularization As the general secretary of the UGT at l’Alacantí i la Marina insisted, there are many cases of abuse that are not included in the statistics, Yolanda Diaz.
Therefore, beyond the age problem, another prominent issue in the development of employment in the last year is the concentration of employment increase in employment. permanent employment. Specifically, during this time, Alicante added 52,357 workers with indefinite contracts, while the number of temporarily employed decreased by 31,244. In addition, 80% of the increase in occupancy rate full timeOnly 12.3% of the increase is permanent-permanent, the rest is part-time.