Drop below half the affected workers to … – RTVE

Drop below half the affected workers to … – RTVE

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The number of workers affected by redundancy employment (ERE) approved by the labor authorities or communicated to them reached 91.169 in the first six months of the year , which is a decrease of 58.2% compared to the same period in 2013, as reported on Monday by the Ministry of Employment in a statement.

Within this total, 19,535 workers were affected by redundancies until June ( 53.6% less in the first half of 2013). Other 51,754 employees was affected by contract suspensions -a 59.6% less, while 19880 were included in records reduced hours (58.4% less).

The industry, the sector with most affected

In the same period there were 6,898 immersed in a process control employment companies, representing 50.4% less than a year earlier, while the number of cases decreased by 51, 5% to be in 8,294 procedures.

the total procedures recorded until June, 93% had agreement between the parties.

Most of the affected workers for ERE until June came from the industry (41,571 with a decrease of 60.1% from the previous year ) and services ( cut 57.7% the number of workers affected, adding up to 38,382). In the Construction , affected totaled 10,325 ( -52.7% ) and Agriculture , 891 ( -34.2 % ).

Catalonia, Basque Country and Madrid, with most affected autonomy

Autonomous Communities , all recorded declines on workers affected by ERE in the first half.

which registered a more workers immersed in regulations job until June were Catalonia – (with 12,467 workers involved, -60.8%), Basque Country (with 11,747 affected -53.4%), Madrid (with 11,151 involved, -60.4%) and Andalucía (with 9,442 workers affected, -40%).

relative , autonomy where more went down workers affected by ERE were Canary (- 74.7%), Asturias (-73%), Cantabria (- 68.5%) and Murcia . (- 67.9%)

main development in the labor reform in relation to the ERE is the elimination of the previously required to proceed to the implementation of collective measures or suspension of contract or reduction in working hours by the employer layoffs administrative authorization.

However, the new regulation maintains the need for a period of consultation is conducted with the representatives of the workers, while the intervention of the labor authority to ensure the effectiveness of these consultations is set, but without this decisive.

ultimate decision will therefore be the entrepreneur , as in the case of individual dismissals, if not agree, the workers will have to challenge it through the courts .