Public sector One of the biggest drivers of employment In the state last year. Although the hospitality sector is the most growing activity, the strengthening of services such as health or education and the implementation of selective processes in all kinds of administrations and public institutions have led to new developments in practice. one in five new jobs The energy produced in Alicante in 2023 will depend on public purse. And this is in a region where the weight of the civil service has not traditionally been the highest.
So, according to the latest Social Security data, the public sector as a whole is on average 88,459 Alicante residents A figure representing the month of December An increase of 3,962 people Considering that the total membership increase is 21,464 workers, this means that different administrations and their affiliated organizations and companies are responsible. 18.5% of all jobs created.
Additionally, with this increase New maximum in historical series Despite the proposal made by this organization, which dates back to 2013, the truth is that the figure has not stopped growing throughout this period and despite the restrictions imposed to control the public deficit. Of course, at a much lower rate than last year.
In this sense, as stated by the head of the CC OO Public Sector in l’Alacantí i les Marines, Paco Tevarwas the need to strengthen services during the pandemic and, above all, relaxing the hard refresh rate This acceleration was enabled by the situation imposed during the previous crisis, which allowed only a fraction of retiring civil servants to be replaced.
According to the regional scope of the administration, Generalitat It was the company that increased its staff the most in Alicante last year. 3,119 new employees were added. Thus, in December, different department heads and their affiliated organizations employed 56,332 people in the province. Of course, this also needs to be explained. It’s not just about the authoritiesSince the figure also includes worker staff or workers for example public enterprises.
On their part, different departments, central government I added this year 600 new employeesBy the end of the year, the total number reached 6,158. Finally, local governments – includes the Provincial Council – employs 25,968 residents of Alicante, 243 over a year ago.
In this sense, the general secretary of the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, Miguel Bailachaccepts that the relaxation of the renewal rate has allowed many councils include supplements In recent years. Likewise, he also states: contract program Municipality staff has also been increased to provide services through certain autonomous units. In any case, he assures that many municipal councils continue to suffer from staff shortages, especially due to population density. improper powers As he points out, they have to assume this.
Unions also argue that despite the improvement these figures represent, Many services remain underfundedas evidenced by waiting lists Problems in making appointments for healthcare or other services, according to a CC OO spokesperson.
An opinion shared by the CSIF provincial president, Javier Tovar, This amounts to, for example, more than: 3 thousand supplements that the health sector will need If we want to reduce the ratio of students per teacher in the province, we will have to add new personnel to these provinces in the Post Office, Social Security, Penitentiary Institutions or schools.
The fact is that after several years of paralysis, different administrations launched new opposition processes to strengthen their cadres. So, for example, in the same December Ministry of Health announced a huge offer that will cover 4,500 places in autonomy.
below average
In total, it is representative of public sector workers, according to the latest data. 12.1% of all Social Security providers in the state. This figure is two points below the national average of 14.3%. The areas where Public Administration has the greatest weight in the labor market are Ceuta, where 28.7% of subsidiaries are affiliated with a public organization; Teruel and Cáceres with 21.6%; Badajoz with 20.6%; and Álava with 20.2%. On the contrary, Almería is the province with the fewest public employees, with only 10.9%.
Oppositions to reduce insecurity
In addition to free shift examinations and workforce expansion to recruit new officers, different administrations have also implemented different processes to stabilize the workforce in recent years. Although it may seem paradoxical, the public sector is one of the sectors that accumulates a higher percentage of temporary employees due to its high volume of temporary employees. Therefore, these employment consolidation examinations should allow different administrations to reduce the temporary employment rate to 8%.