Durán López, Jessica

Based on information derived from 85 case studies across all EU Member States and other sources, the project outlines the features peculiar to SMEs in their anticipation and management of restructuring, explores the main drivers of change and analyses the factors influencing successful restructuring. It offers some insight into how restructuring impacts on workers and the company itself and sets out several policy pointers for future action. This is the country report for Spain.

According to the 2009 National Survey on Enterprises’ Health and Safety Management, 43% of companies with six or more workers had risk prevention representatives. Of the surveyed establishments, 20% did not carry out risk assessments whereas 61% had arranged health and safety training in the previous two years. Use of external prevention services had increased since 1999. Work accidents and musculoskeletal problems were the most frequently registered health risks.

The General Workers’ Union (UGT [1]) has published a report on the evolution of working time (in Spanish, 720Kb PDF) [2] and extra working time among Spain’s workforce. The report is based on data provided by the Survey on Active Population (EPA [3]) collated by the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE [4]) on a quarterly basis (yearly averages are also available), and on data produced by Confederate Executive Commission (CEC) of the UGT. [1] http://www.ugt.es/ [2] http://www.ugt.es/actualidad/2011/abril/UGT_evolucion%20del%20tiempo%20de%20trabajo.pdf [3] http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=/t22/e308_mnu&file=inebase&N=&L=0 [4] http://www.ine.es

The Institute for Work, Environment and Health (ISTAS [1]), an independent body founded by Trade Union Confederation of Workers’ Commissions (CCOO [2]), has recently published a report (215Kb PDF) [3] on sickness presenteeism among immigrant workers. The term ‘presenteeism’ is understood as ‘going to work despite feeling sick or having some health problems’. [1] http://www.istas.net/web/portada.asp [2] http://www.ccoo.es/csccoo/menu.do [3] http://istas.net/web/abreenlace.asp?idenlace=8539

Although immigration [1] is a relatively new phenomenon in Spain, it has grown in importance over the past decade. According to the Active Population Survey (EPA (in Spanish) [2]) conducted by the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE [3]), foreign citizens made up 1.2% of the total working population in Spain during the second quarter of 1996. By the second quarter of 2009, this figure had reached 14.1% of the total working population, which translates to 2.8 million immigrant workers. [1] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/observatories/eurwork/industrial-relations-dictionary/immigration [2] http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=/t22/e308_mnu&file=inebase&N=&L=0 [3] http://www.ine.es/

The report [1] on the labour market participation of people aged 55–64 years and their career paths (in Spanish) [2] was published in May 2009 by the research institute Fundación 1º de Mayo [3]. The latter was established by the Trade Union Confederation of Workers’Commissions (Comisiones Obreras, CC.OO [4]) in 1988. [1] http://www.1mayo.ccoo.es/nova/NBdd_ShwDocumento?cod_primaria=1185&cod_documento=1882 [2] http://www.1mayo.ccoo.es/nova/NBdd_ShwDocumento?cod_primaria=1185&cod_documento=1882 [3] http://www.1mayo.ccoo.es/nova/NNws_ShwNewDup?codigo=1852&cod_primaria=1209&cod_secundaria=1209 [4] http://www.ccoo.es/

In February 2009, the human resources company Adecco [1] published a press release (in Spanish, 38Kb PDF) [2] on the job profiles currently being accepted by unemployed people in Spain. The information is based on official statistics and Adecco’s own business data; the main findings of the research are outlined below. [1] http://www.adecco.com/ [2] http://www.adecco.es/_data/NotasPrensa/pdf/127.pdf

The temporary agency work company Adecco [1] has carried out research on how the current economic framework is affecting labour expectations of Spanish workers for 2009. The survey was conducted among 500 Spanish employees and its results were published in December 2008. The study, entitled ‘What would you want for Christmas from your company?’ (¿Qué le pedirías a tu empresa por Navidad? (129Kb PDF) [2]), was also extended to workers’ main labour-related wishes and expectations for 2009 and aimed to identify these. [1] http://www.adecco.com/Channels/adeccoNewVI/home/home1.asp [2] http://www.adecco.es/_data/NotasPrensa/pdf/115.pdf

A ‘Study on employers’ perspectives regarding the employment of disabled people’ (Estudio sobre perspectivas del mundo empresarial respecto a la contratación de personas con discapacidad (616Kb PDF) [1]) was conducted by the Manpower Foundation (Fundación Manpower [2]) and the ONCE Foundation (Fundación ONCE [3]), based on a survey of 1,500 Spanish companies. [1] http://www.fundaciononce.es/libros/TOTALRev_1ADAPTADO_CQS.pdf [2] http://www.fundacionmanpower.org/ [3] http://www.fundaciononce.es/

The Permanent Observatory of Immigration (Observatorio Permanente de la Inmigración [1]), attached to the Ministry of Labour and Immigration (Ministerio de Trabajo e Inmigración, MTIN [2]), analyses information relating to immigration. The observatory has recently published a report on immigration and the labour market, entitled Inmigración y Mercado de Trabajo (in Spanish) [3]. [1] http://extranjeros.mtas.es/es/ObservatorioPermanenteIntegracion/ [2] http://www.mtin.es/ [3] http://extranjeros.mtas.es/es/ObservatorioPermanenteIntegracion/Publicaciones/Inmigracion_y_Mercado_de_trabajo_Informe_2008.html