this Task continuing to launch and entering summer with positive hiring balances. Labor market registered in May good occupancy data and remained the main title that Spain fell three million unemployed First time since 2008. The unemployment rate remains one of the highest in the European Union, although the path is positive. Little unemployment, more employment and more permanent employment. Labor reform continues to show its impact on membership data released this Thursday by the Ministries of Labor and Social Security.
Despite the fact that inflation has been on the rise for almost a year and the war in Ukraine has passed for the third month, the labor market is avoiding its effects and showing no slowdown. community self-employment Despite its reluctance to engage in commercial ventures due to the large number of uncertainties surrounding the economy, it continued to add new members.
Unemployment: Spain drops below 3 million for first time since 2008
The main topic of the May data is that there are less than three million unemployed in Spain, also registered with SEPE. It hasn’t been in 12 years, in 2008. The housing bubble and the collapse of Lehman Brothers To find a date without an even number of unemployed in Spain. It remains one of the highest unemployment rates in the entire European Union and four out of 10 Some of these unemployed people do not receive any help or assistance from employment agencies.
However, the trend is positive and May has been accumulating bearish for the fourth consecutive month. This turning point of falling below three million unemployed hides a certain negative bias towards women. Unemployment has decreased significantly among men compared to women, and although men have returned to 2008 levels, women are still in 2009.
Employment: 8 out of 10 wage earners are on permanent contract
Labor reform takes its second month into full effect. The impact on contract statistics is remarkable, and for the second month in a row almost half of the new contracts were signed as follows: uncertain. Of these, only a third are permanent full-time, but still significantly higher in absolute terms than those signed before the implementation of the rule agreed between the Government, employers and unions.
May added 213,643 new employees, the best May in four years. The total number of people employed, thus, 20 million workers active. Never before have so many people been employed in Spain at the same time. this hostel The sector that attracted the most jobs was supported by the closeness of the summer campaign and has already surpassed employment levels before the pandemic started.
ERTE: a slight rebound by travel agents
Number of workers affected by a situation DEFER in the remaining figurescompared to the 3.4 million leavened workers in the early stages of the pandemic. There are currently 27,380 ERTE employees across Spain, nearly 9,000 more than last month. The said increase is partially explained by the fact that some of the travel agencies entered ERTE. NETWORK mechanism. The war in Ukraine does not generally lead companies to register new files due to the lack of components or the increase in gas prices.
Self-employed: growing without haste, but without pause
community self-employmentsIt has recorded “slow but steady” growth for another month, which has shown great resistance since the beginning of the epidemic – with the support of the covid aid provided by the government. Social Security statistics reflect an increase of 10,726 new self-employed compared to April; this is a slightly higher rate than recorded last month. This resilient growth means that there are 35,424 more self-employed in Spain than a year ago. 3.3 million active self-employed.
Those who adhere to the special regime for the self-employed (RETA) are eagerly awaiting the news that may arise from the reform of the contribution system completed by Minister José Luís Escrivá. His latest proposal sets quotas between 250 and 550 euros, depending on the net income the self-employed worker records. A new meeting is scheduled for next Monday and negotiations should be closed before 30 June.
Catalonia creates almost twice as many jobs as Madrid
Catalonia This May, it was the second autonomous community that created the most jobs in absolute terms compared to the whole of Spain. Balearic Islands. The upcoming summer tourism campaign has partially determined the regional distribution of new hires and communities such as: Madrid recorded more modest figures for its economic size. If Catalonia gains 37,501 employees – its best May since 2018 – the Kingdom’s capital adds 21,987 new Social Security members. Employment growth was unanimous and all autonomies noted a positive balance among employed persons.
On the level of unemployment, Catalonia recorded a huge drop of 16,671 people compared to April, placing the total number of unemployed in the four Catalan provinces in the first place. 348,027 people. That’s the lowest since May 2008 and far from the 600,000 unemployed peaks recorded during the Great Recession. At the regional level, Catalonia was the second region where unemployment fell the most in absolute terms, surpassing only Andalusia.