Record August employment in the Balearics
The government says that the employment figures and tourist spending justify salary increases.
Italy the main provider of foreign workers in the Balearics
There are getting on for three times as many Italian workers as there are British.
Amid clouds on economic horizon, Spain's jobless rate stays below 3 million mark
Warning of clouds on the horizon because of soaring inflation
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.](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
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](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
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](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
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.](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
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?
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- British tourists will be “tracked” while on holiday in Mallorca
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"
Comment
Comment: Changing times
“Local companies are turning to Irish citizens instead of Britons....”
Jason Moore09/04/2022 09:00