this strong revival Gezi after the collapse caused Pandemic directly affects employment. The industry is waiting for June while waiting for a summer that has accumulated three months in a row above the levels recorded before the covid hit and companies expect a burst of demand. job creation accelerated to approach all-time highs.
Companies in different branches of tourist activityIt closed the month of June with 2.619 million members. Social Securityhad the best June in history (it was June 2019 with 2,617 million members so far) and Close to the record 2.626 million workers reached in August 2019According to the records of the Ministry of Social Security and Industry, Trade and Tourism.
During the last year, the tourism industry 331,555 new jobs, up 14.5%. More than 40% of all jobs created since June last year (with a total of 813,828 new Social Security members) corresponded to the tourism sector.
“The employment creation rate in tourism activities in the first half of the year was historic, with an average of 53,000 new jobs per month. process vaccinetogether with the mechanism POSTPONEand social shield It is proving to be an effective tool for the revival of the tourism industry, which the government has approved to protect jobs and companies,” Industry, Trade and Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto said on Tuesday.
Employment increased in all branches of activity. The hotel industry gained 238,422 participations (149,995 in food and beverage services and 88,427 in accommodation services); while other touristic activities increased with 87,649 members, 5,484 workers increased in travel agencies. In June, the number of wage earners and self-employed persons increased by 17.9% and 1.8% in the sector, which represents 81% of the total number of engaged employees in these activities.
job stability
“The industry is well resisting the impact of inflation and one of the sectors that will contribute the most to the economic recovery and job creation this year. This is also reflected in the improvement of employment quality, thanks to the labor reform approved by the Government”, condemned Maroto.
Employment stability, which also benefits from large tourism groups. The lobby, which brings together the thirty largest companies in the industry (including Meliá, NH, Iberia, Globalia, Riu or Amadeus), highlights: temporariness Number of new jobs in the tourism industry in recent months halved.
Greater stability after the implementation of government-approved labor reform is reducing the cases where companies can sign temporary contracts, leading to a rapid increase in indefinite contracts. According to Exceltur’s last quarterly report, in April and May 2019 92% of new contracts signed by tourism companies before the pandemic were temporarythis year, this ratio has been halved and remained at 46%.
Large companies in the industry are warning of the impact of the increase in costs they incur, including salary costs. Exceltur, the increase in prices 7.5% increase in salary costs for companies in the industry linked collective agreements CPI. The collaboration has demanded an agreement from CEOE employers and unions in recent months to limit wage growth so as not to take a toll on companies’ profitability.
Paradoxically, at the same time that the tourism industry begins to demand a halt to price increases, companies in the industry are warning. Difficulty finding trained personnel. The cessation of operations due to the pandemic in the last two years has meant that some companies have been unable to recover some of their lost personnel and transferred to other economic sectors.