Eighty inspectors for checking on summer working conditions
Inspectors from the mainland will reinforce the summer inspection plan.
Spain's Secretary of State for Employment Joaquín Pérez presented the figures.
Spain's Secretary of State for Employment Joaquín Pérez presented the figures.
Balearics heading for full employment in the summer
A new plan has been approved that has the aim of full employment throughout the year.
Construction workers in Mallorca
Construction is one sector with a high dependence on foreign labour.
A fifth of workers in the Balearics are foreign
Italians, Germans and Moroccans are the most numerous.
The president of the Balearics, Francina Armengol, with the employment minister, Iago Negueruela
Francina Armengol and Iago Negueruela on Wednesday.
"Historic" April employment in the Balearics
Eighty per cent of new jobs in April were permanent.
Bars and restaurants are struggling to find staff.
Bars and restaurants are struggling to find staff.
Mallorca bars and restaurants suffering from staff shortage
Job insecurity, high cost of living ... reasons for the shortage.
Balearic tourism minister forecasting a "very good" Easter
Tourist and employment figures are both positive.
Balearics wants to be used for a Spanish pilot scheme for a four-day week
A shorter working week but no wage cuts.
More employment contracts for waiters than any other job
36,000 waiters were employed between January and October last year.
Balearics at no.2 for highest number of permanent contracts in 2021
The Islands, with 63,536 contracts, are only surpassed by Madrid, according to the SEPE (SEPE).
Record number of 'fijo discontinuo' employees were working in October
Some 90,000 employees with fijo discontinuo contracts in the Balearics.
18 million euros to be spent on youth employment
"Many young people have just finished their studies and either don’t have a career, have suffered one crisis after another or have emancipation problems.."
Never mind the quantity, it’s the employment quality
What does this quality employment imply? What do you think?
Ministers, always committed to a principle of equality
Ministers, always committed to a principle of equality.
Over 130,000 workers received no more than 475 euros a month in 2020
Around 230,000 workers earned no more than the minimum wage in 2020.
Union calls for a reduction in temporary contracts
“It is necessary that everyone in the Balearic Islands has a stable income throughout the year..”
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Big changes on the horizon when Britons travel to Mallorca
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
- Living in a motorhome in Palma: "It'll only get worse"
Comment
Comment: Changing times
“Local companies are turning to Irish citizens instead of Britons....”
Jason Moore09/04/2022 09:00