Over 800,000 full-time jobs were created and 17,000 part-time jobs were lost in the past year, mainly in Asturias, Cantabria and Navarre
Part-time work is declining in Spain. The latest data from Monitor Adecco shows that 17,000 part-time jobs were lost in the past year, but 813,000 full-time jobs were created. For example, the share of part-time workers fell to 13.7% of the total, five tenths less than last year and the lowest percentage in ten years.
The largest declines in the part-time group occurred in Asturias, where the rate fell by 12%, Cantabria (-11.4%) and Navarre (-6.6%). However, there has also been a significant increase in the number of part-employed in communities such as La Rioja (25% more than a year ago) and the Basque Country (8%).
The Basque Country is thus the region with the highest share of part-time workers (16% of the total), followed by the Valencian Community (15%, although it has fallen almost a point in the past year) and Navarra (15%). They are the only three communities where more than 15% of their employees work part-time. On the other hand, the Balearic Islands, Cantabria and the Canary Islands stand out, where less than 12% of their employees work part-time.
On the other hand, the Adecco report reveals at the European level that the 2.92 million people in Spain make up 23% of the total number of unemployed in the EU. In other words, one in four unemployed in Europe lives in Spain. Our country has as many unemployed people as Sweden, the Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Finland, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovenia, Estonia, Cyprus, Luxembourg and Malta combined, Adecco calculates.
In addition, the report analyzes employees who study at the same time. This percentage has risen to 16.6% of the total, 2.2 points more than a year ago and the highest figure to date. In total, there are almost 3.7 million people in Spain who work and study at the same time. The share has increased in all communities, but the case of Navarre stands out, where 21% of all inhabitants combine their work with a study, whether regulated or not, 3 points more than last year.
And when it comes to job satisfaction, a variable that takes into account pay, job security, development opportunities or reconciliation, five quarters of a year’s crashes pile up, something that hasn’t happened since 2010, in the middle of the financial crisis. In the second quarter of the year, it reached 5.9 points, with Madrid, Catalonia and Aragon as the municipalities with the best rating. The lowest scores were Canarias, Castilla-La Mancha and Cantabria.
Source: La Verdad
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