PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijoogovernment’s This “generating unemployment data“, because it no longer contains “discontinuous constant”. And as he pointed out in an interview with Onda Cero this Thursday, they are not few, but they are not, according to him, “about 700,000” people who were previously on the unemployment lists and are now, with this name change, “about 700,000.” While the Ministries of Labor and Social Security update the registration and unemployment data for May, as every month, it is noteworthy that the total number of unemployed fell below three million for the first time since 2008. But what? How does the recent increase in intermittent fixed rates affect the statistics?
What is a discontinuous constant?
The discontinuous constant figure is not new and has been in Spanish labor law for decades. However labor reform The agreement reached between the government, employers and unions limits temporary employment and aims to divert some of this employment to the intermittent permanent figure. Identify the extent of job reform within five months of enactment According to publicly available data, a total of 683,300 contracts of this type were signed in Spain. SEPE. In the same period of 2019, 98,026 were signed, seven times less.
But what is a discontinuous constant? You are an employee hired by a company but working intermittent. In other words, the employer calls the employee in question to work only during times of peak activity or demand. Permanent fixed contract is uncertain, partly explaining the significant increase in uncertain contracts in recent months.
an ordinary situationI was waiters or hotel workers. The hotel had a permanent workforce to attend to the business year-round, but if activities peaked during the winter or summer months, it mobilized an extra group of non-permanent workers. He had hired them before and they knew the business, but it didn’t make sense to him that he had an oversupplied workforce throughout the year. Although they were not active, they did not give prices, did not collect from the company, but when the season started, the company had to call them, not others. Notices and minimum working time are negotiated with the company or contract.
Is an intermittent fixture considered stopped when it is not working?
No. To be considered officially unemployed, a person must meet two conditions. Not being able to find a job. And on the other hand, be registered with public employment agencies (SEPE) as a job seeker. Just as there are the unemployed who are not registered and counted, there are formal workers who have another job but are registered if they receive an alternative job offer.
The perpetual fixed is not considered unemployed as long as they have a perpetual fixed contract as they are formally attached to the company. And they are considered unemployed only if the company thinks they will no longer need that worker’s services and fires him by paying the corresponding compensation.
While in intermittent stable operation, it contributes to Social Security like any other worker and ceases to contribute when it ceases to be functional. Something common to some profiles, chaining one campaign to another, and having short or no inactivity times, unless you’re working in another job. Consequently, Feijóo’s accusation that the Government created the data by not calculating the discontinuous constant as unemployed, it lacks a statistical basis. and further concludes that a permanent staff member will only be employed in a single company and will not chain jobs for all or part of the year. They were never considered unemployed, and the new labor reform did not change this.
Could the increase in intermittent fixed rates have an impact on unemployment data?
Yes, albeit indirectly. Many workers who are permanent temporary workers today were formerly temporary workers.. The company gave them a three-month contract to cover the summer campaign, and when it was over, they took to the streets and were considered unemployed. With the widespread use of the intermittent fixed line, the same person will not be considered unemployed because they will remain passively connected to the company. What guarantees him more rights – more compensation in case of dismissal or something, like a guarantee to be called again. But it is true that from the fall, some of the intermittent permanent workers will appear as Social Security members, but in reality they will not work.
Currently this statistical nuance has no effect on the data, as the currently signed intermittent landlines will now work, and the amount of them completely inoperative will be leftovers. In other words, unemployment almost fell. 100,000 people and job creation has dropped to less than three million due to inertia in recent months. Unemployment has recovered in just two of the last 12 months.
Is it possible that unemployment will not increase that much? autumn when does summer end? Yes, it is possible, because we will enter a period in which people who are currently active are not considered unemployed but not unemployed. Previously, if he had a temporary contract, he was calculating it and there were worse working conditions at the contract level.