Employment in the hotels and catering sector represents a transitional point for non-nationals in terms of their employment integration. This sector, along with agriculture, domestic services and construction, is a likely source of employment for such persons because it is not viewed as an
Specialised retail outlets represent a highly diverse and feminised sector characterised by low pay and unsocial working hours. Although the sector employs a large number of workers, they are poorly represented by collective bargaining and trade union representation is very low.
In December 2005, the UGT and CC.OO trade unions reached a controversial agreement with the Seat car company on a workforce adjustment plan involving 660 redundancies in Spain, in the framework of a transnational reorganisation of the Volkswagen group.
In recent years, the National Agreements for Continuing Training (ANFCs) have established a continuing training subsystem. It was initially centralised and based mainly on the initiative of the social partners, but the 2004 reform decentralised the management to the autonomous communities, which led
After the failure of the negotiations with the ministries of Development, Labour, Economy and the Interior, on 16 October the lorry drivers started a strike called by the majority employers' organisation, the Spanish Goods Transport Confederation (Confederación Española de Transporte de Mercancías
Spain's tourism industry has grown rapidly in recent years, and now represents 12% of GDP. However, in 2005 it is showing the first signs of exhaustion of demand and facing increasing international competition. The rapid growth is also thought to have created problems related to employment, urban
This article is based on analysis of recent figures from the INE on the organisation and duration of working time. The data reveal that, while entrepreneurs of large firms work longer hours, they have greater autonomy in the management of their time and the content of their work than small business
The trade unions and the Government have different views and assessments on the evolution of industrial accidents, based on different sources of information. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs considers that there has been a decline in this phenomenon, whereas the trade unions UGT and CCOO
Following debate on the monitoring of labour regulations, concern was expressed about the lack of resources and staffing, and the limited scope of the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate. The Spanish government has now taken action on this, and though some terms of agreement are still pending
A Royal Decree issued in Spain in June 2005 has established a new procedure for the extension of collective agreements to cover areas of employment without an agreement due to the absence of one of the parties authorised to bargain. Workers who are not covered by an agreement may thus be brought