The first Holy Week with Covid in between—just two weeks after the alert was declared—the majority spent it off. In the second, the fourth wave hit and in regions such as Catalonia The restrictions caused the restaurant to close in the early afternoon, limiting a few tourists to dinner. hotel. And it won’t be until the third week next week, when hotels, country houses, bars and restaurants will reopen their businesses without restrictions and in hopes of trying to make money again like before the virus.
The government’s estimate is to attract 80% of foreign tourists who arrive before covid. However, despite the significant improvement over the previous two years, at Easter 2023 businesses will still be at half-throttle in terms of hiring and the state of activity and accounts will not strengthen as in previous years.
Uncertainty about the war in Ukraine, flight ticket prices 12% and the weak inertia that convention tourism allows to bridge from station to station explains the lame recruitment estimates handled by temporary employment agencies, according to sources consulted.
by the way Randstadthis Holy Week in total 63,380 contracts Between passenger transport, hospitality and entertainment across Spain, sectors that generally currently attract employment. Twice as many contracts as last year, but half as much as in 2019.
From Adecco Given the high volatility of the scenario, they did not forecast this year. “Companies won’t start hiring until a few days before Easter. The uncertainty is huge. In other years I can tell you three weeks in advance how the campaign will go”, says the regional manager Victor Tatay. ” Logistics will be strengthened, but not half as much as two years ago, and food industry pulling hard, but not at the same level as pre-pandemic. many companies are still researching which contracts to enter with the new workforce reform,” he adds.
new rules
The new contracting methods went into effect on March 31st and since then no more contracts for employment and services can be signed, the most common method by far, where many companies sign a supplement on Easter and extend it until past summer without giving reasons, causation is very provisional agreement. Now this resource is disappearing and Government companies, discontinuous constantwhich is considered indefinite but allows companies to enable and disable the contract based on the job peaks they have.
In particular, we receive requests from SMEs in this regard. There are doubts and some companies do not fully understand the change. They ask us ‘I know the name of the contract has changed, but how can i keep doing the same thing?‘. The model must be different and companies from all sectors will have to plan for more”, says employment promotion broker for Barcelona City Council, Rachel Gil. To answer these and other questions, Active Barcelona It has a telephone open to both companies and workers (900 533 175).
delays follow
One thermometer that indicates that tourist activity is not yet at full capacity is the thermometer for delays. Union sources explain that they have received multiple requirements in recent days to negotiate new permits in the industry. hotelier. “There was an expectation that the government could activate the RED Mechanism for this sector and in the end this was not the case,” says the secretary of the CCOO services federation in Catalonia. Ramon Gonzalez. like Barcelona hotels Colon, Hilton HE Pierre holidays As the center explained, on March 31, they were notified of a new file before the end of covid.
Those to whom the government has allowed special assistance through the RED Mechanism were: travel agency. However, although a third of the 37,973 workers in the industry come from the covid file, they do not massively refer to this resource. signatures like avians and Journey to the English CourtEmploying approximately 6,000 and 4,000 employees, respectively, they chose to take time off for productive reasons (ETOP), with less public assistance but no obligation to provide training, and less restrictive with the possibility of subsequent layoff. “Until April 1, the Government did not publish the activation of the RED Mechanism in the BOE. Companies need to plan and choose what is there”, criticizes the Spanish Confederation of Travel Agencies (CEAV).