Report calls for action on employment

The public service federation, Frente Comum, has submitted a proposal to the government to reduce the level of temporary employment in the public sector. The federation argues that a proper process of recruitment should take place to enable temporary workers to apply for permanent jobs. The unions argue that in many cases employees on fixed-term contracts are doing jobs that are required on a permanent basis and so it is a matter of fairness that they have the chance to get a permanent contract. The federation also emphasises that this would be an important measure in the current climate with

The public service federations in the CCOO and UGT confederations have set out a number of demands on the government to take effective measures solve the persistent problem of temporary employment in the public sector. As long ago as 2017 an agreement was negotiated to get temporary employment below 8% in the follow-up to legal rulings on excessive use of temporary contracts. The unions underline the importance of consolidating temporary staff into permanent positions taking account of their experience. The unions also want to see measures are taken that will ensure permanent reductions in

The FSP-UGT federation says that 400000 public service jobs have been cut in the last four years posing a real threat to service quality. In relation to population size Spain has fewer public service workers than France, Ireland or the UK and has even cut 30000 jobs from health services, a sector that has grown in most other countries despite austerity. The federation is also concerned about the high level of temporary work in public services (20%) and it wants to see moves to consolidate these workers into permanent jobs. Privatisation and outsourcing are also taking their toll and the FDP