Irastorza, Xabier

The ERM report 2007 Restructuring and employment in the EU: The impact of globalisation argues that the nature and extent of globalisation has so far not had any serious overall negative consequences for aggregate employment in Europe. This report complements the ERM report 2007 with pertinent data from the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM). It provides evidence of restructuring and employment in all 28 countries included in the ERM, i.e. the EU27 and Norway.

/This is a summary of the main points discussed in the concluding debate of the workshop. The final session focused on the definition of an agenda for change for the KIBS sector./

The Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs published an article in June 2004 on how salaries are set in Spain (Formación de salarios en la economía española - 2Mb pdf; in Spanish [1]). The paper seeks to identify the factors that play a role in determining salaries, and to assess whether pay differences by gender and type of contract are subject to discrimination. [1] http://www.mtas.es/publica/revista/numeros/51/Inf03.pdf

The results of the Fifth National Survey on Working Conditions reveal an improvement in the risk preventive systems used by Spanish businesses. However, working conditions seem to have slightly disimproved, according to workers’ self-assessment of their own conditions. This trend has had negative health outcomes.

The results of the Fifth National Survey on Working Conditions reveal an improvement in the risk preventive systems used by Spanish businesses. However, working conditions seem to have slightly disimproved, according to workers’ self-assessment of their own conditions. This trend has had negative health outcomes.

The Spanish Institute of Fiscal Studies [1] (Instituto de Estudios Fiscales , IEF), a subsidiary body of the Spanish Treasury and Ministry of Economics [2], recently published a working paper aimed at assessing job security in the Spanish labour market. This paper, Job security in Spain: Evidence from the Spanish Labour Force Survey 1987-2003 (337kb pdf; in Spanish) [3] (La seguridad del empleo en España: Evidencia con datos de la EPA 1987-2003), reveals high job insecurity in Spain. [1] http://www.ief.es/ [2] http://portal.minhac.es/Minhac/Home.htm?txtLanguage=IN [3] http://www.ief.es/Publicaciones/papelest/04/pt_05_04.pdf

The report Informe España 2004 [1] (2004 Report for Spain) was published by the Fundación Encuentro [2] in May 2004. An annual publication since 1993, the report provides a series of analyses on social, economic and political issues in Spain. The 2004 report devotes a chapter to the balance of work and family life (pdf file; in Spanish) [3], regarded by the authors as one of the most challenging issues that Spanish families face on a day-to-day basis. [1] http://www.fund-encuentro.org/informes/info2004.htm [2] http://www.fund-encuentro.org/ [3] http://www.fund-encuentro.org/informes/notapr04/04-Conciliacion.pdf

The Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs [1] published a report in February 2004 analysing the basic features of self-employment in Spain (/Empleo Autónomo y Empleo Asalariado: Análisis de las características y comportamiento del autoempleo en España/ - /Self-employment and salaried employment: Analysis and characteristics of self-employment in Spain/ ). The report highlights in particular the link between self-employment and female employment, and looks at self-employment as a way of encouraging more women to enter the labour market. [1] http://www.mtas.es/

The February issue of the Economic Bulletin [1] of the Spanish Central Bank [2] analysed employment figures for 2003, based on data from the Spanish Labour Force Survey [3] (EPA). The report [4] /(pdf file)/ focuses primarily on employment, the active population and unemployment, and also examines types of contract and working time (full-time/part-time). [1] http://www.bde.es/informes/be/boleco/boleco.htm [2] http://www.bde.es/ [3] http://www.ine.es/inebase/cgi/um?M=/t22/e308&O=inebase&N=&L= [4] http://www.bde.es/informes/be/boleco/feb2004/art2.pdf

The Spanish Parliament approved the reform of the legal framework on the prevention of risks in the workplace [1] /(pdf file)/ (Reforma del marco normativo de la prevención de riesgos laborales) on 27 November 2003. The reform aims to reduce the rates of work-related accidents across all industrial sectors. Changes have also been approved to the law on infractions and sanctions in the social order [2] (Ley de infracciones y sanciones en el orden social, 2000), relating to industrial relations infringements. [1] http://www.congreso.es/public_oficiales/L7/CONG/BOCG/A/A_167-07.PDF [2] http://www.igsap.map.es/cia/dispo/19157.htm