The CCOO trade union confederation has criticised the Constitutional Court for endorsing government decrees on industrial relations that act to reinforce the duality of the labour market and increase precarious employment. The union believes that the ruling marks a shift in Constitutional Court rulings and that the government using the anti-democratic decrees to impose changes on the labour market. The union is also critical of the court ruling to allow changes to the way dismissal payments are made for workers with limited service, effectively shifting the cost of payments from the employers implementing the dismissals to public authorities.
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