Increase in summer sick leave in Mallorca because of work overload and heat waves
Unions will be pressing for agreements to include measures to combat thermal stress.
Understaffed and in a poor state - the Balearics emergencies centre
At the height of summer there is one operator for 500,000 people.
Getting Spaniards back to work after the pandemic is going to prove hard graft
Getting Spaniards back to work after the pandemic is going to prove hard graft.
Delivery riders protest against change to working conditions
In the Balearics, around 200 self-employed delivery riders work for online services.
Employment
Inspection campaign against bakeries' "unfair competition"
Workers employed by bakeries with bars can earn up to 500 euros less than workers in other bars and restaurants.
Frank Leavers coments on the serious shortage of labour in the UK at the moment.
Frank Leavers coments on the serious shortage of labour in the UK at the moment.
Health
Nurses in the public health service are stressed out
Almost three-quarters of nurses say that they experience stress, while 43% consider that they are burnt out.
Employment
Government concerned about airport handlers' working conditions
Aena, the airports authority, turned down the government's suggestion for another meeting to consider working conditions.
Employment
Proposal for improved working conditions for hotel maids
Laura Camargo of Podemos described maids as the "real stars of the hotels".
Employment
Union warning of “chaos” over baggage handlers’ working conditions
UGT says that most of the 2,600 workers who are employed by handling services at Balearic airports have "totally casual" employment contracts.
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.
Hotels
Balearics worried about negative overseas TV image
The image from the report is something from which “you cannot hide.”
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Comment
Spanish love home working
Getting Spaniards back to work after the pandemic is going to prove hard graft.
Humphrey Carter16/10/2021 10:11