Etiqueta 'Employment'
Government and business agree on plan for quality employment

Employment

Government and business agree on plan for quality employment

The agreement for a pact on competitiveness, employment and social progress for the Balearics was signed today at the presidential headquarters, the Consolat de Mar.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter22/02/2016 00:00

An earlier start to the season will mean more jobs.

Employment

Year starts with a fall in Balearic unemployment

The number unemployed in January was over 1% lower than in December, with 811 leaving the unemployment register.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter02/02/2016 00:00

One of the many protests Bauzá faced during his time as president.

Economy

Layoffs by the Bauzá government cost 16 million euros

There were 1,620 fewer government employees at the end of the Bauzá administration than at its start.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter16/01/2016 00:00

The Secretary of State for Employment, Juan Pablo Riesgo.

Economy

Unemployment falls by almost 10% in the Balearics

Registered unemployment in the Balearics fell last year to 75,784 unemployed.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter05/01/2016 00:00

Spanish economy starts to recover after years of recession.

Economy

Spanish economic recovery boosted jobs for festive season retail jobs

Staff were taken on at the fastest rate for eight years, as retailers tipped the best Christmas since recovery from deep recession.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter02/01/2016 00:00

Balearic unemployment will fall over the next two years

Employment

Balearic unemployment will fall over the next two years

The Balearics would have the fifth highest unemployment rate in the country next year.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter03/12/2015 00:00

Unions doubt record year

Employment

Unions doubt record year

The unions said that employment in hotels is only expected to have risen by 2.16% compared with 2014.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter20/11/2015 00:00

Work inspections to increase in 2016

Employment

Work inspections to increase in 2016

There are to be four key campaigns: control of temporary appointments and potential contractual fraud; control of the hours of work; control of part-time contracts; and limitations on overtime.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter20/11/2015 00:00

The Balearics depends on tourism for job opportunities.

Economy

Over 30% of Balearic jobs are in the tourist industry

31.1% of all those in work in the Balearics are employed in the tourism sector, way above the national average of 13.5%.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter31/10/2015 00:00

Employment minister Iago Negueruela.

Employment

Campaign against worker exploitation bringing in 350,000 euros in fines

A total of 31 inspectors were involved in the campaign, and 8,008 temporary work contracts were investigated.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter26/10/2015 00:00

 For Spain as a whole the number of unemployed fell by almost 300,000.

Employment

The Balearics outperforms national employment market

Unemployment in the Balearics for the third quarter was down by 13.6% (14,000).

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter22/10/2015 00:00

Employment opportunities for Balearic youth increase

Employment

Employment opportunities for Balearic youth increase

In the Balearics, where there was one of the highest proportions of ni-nis last year, the number is down by six points.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter20/10/2015 00:00

Balearic unemployment went up in September

Employment

Balearic unemployment went up in September

Across Spain as a whole, unemployment was up in September by 0.64%, giving a total unemployed figure of 4,094,042.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter02/10/2015 00:00

Tourist industry employs thousands of people.

Employment

140,000 employed in tourism industry, increase of 5%

The Balearic tourism sector employed an average of just under 140,000 people between June and August,

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter25/09/2015 00:00

Employment

The number of foreign workers in the Balearics on the rise

The percentage rise over last August in the Balearics was the largest of all regions of Spain.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter22/09/2015 00:00

As the season draws to an end, unemployment is on the rise.

Employment

Balearics leading employment growth but jobless creeps up

The Balearics was the best-performing region, but the growth was slightly higher in the autonomous north African city of Melilla, where it was up 4.97%.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter02/09/2015 00:00

The past week in The Bulletin

Latest headlines

The past week in The Bulletin

Records being broken left, right and centre, the local economy on a high, all was glowing last week, except when it rained.

Monitor23/08/2015 00:00

Temp jobs are growing fast in Spain but is that a good thing?

Spain jobs

Temp jobs are growing fast in Spain but is that a good thing?

It may seem strange, then, that Adecco, the world’s largest staffing agency, is seeing its fastest growth in these places.

Humphrey Carter12/08/2015 00:00