Hego Euskal Herria registers 2,503 fewer unemployed people in April

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In April they have been registered 2,503 people unemployed less than the previous month in Hego Euskal Herria. Both in the Basque Autonomous Community and in the Foral Community of Navarra the level of unemployment has decreased.

In the BAC, unemployment has fallen by 1.31% during the month of April, according to data from the Department of Labor and Employment of the Basque Government. Specifically, Lanbide has registered 115,554 people without work in April, that is, 1,531 unemployed people less than the previous one.

The 30.57% of new contracts of April, almost a third, were indefinite. Despite the fact that the volume of April contracts was 24% lower than that of March, the indefinite ones increased by 7.85% more. As explained by the Department of Labor and Employment, “the high percentage of indefinite contracts is causing a decrease in the number of contracts.”

The Second Vice-Lehendakari and Minister of Labor and Employment of the Basque Government, Idoia Mendiaassured on Radio Euskadi’s ‘Boulevard’ that the unemployment data consolidates a trend that shows that “the public policies we are carrying out are having a positive effect”.

In Navarre, unemployment has fallen by 2.83% compared to the previous month, according to data from the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy. There are 33,426 unemployed people in the regional community, that is, 972 less than in March.

The largest decrease in unemployment in April was registered in the service sector (709) and in industry (186), followed by agriculture (137), while unemployment increased among people without a previous job (319) and in the construction (29).

The Vice President of the Government of Navarra, Javier Remirez, has shown the “satisfaction” of the Executive with the data, since “they suppose economic generation”. He has highlighted the increase in permanent contracts and the decrease in temporary contracts, “which proves the importance of the labor reform approved by the central government”. “This means that we are moving from job insecurity to stability,” he added.

Unions highlight the instability of contracts

THE A insists that most of the contracts made are still temporary. Furthermore, he has criticized in april unemployment fell less than in previous years and has highlighted that, to the satisfaction of the executives, we still “still have not reached the levels prior to the pandemic”.

“Compared to Europe, the unemployment rate in Hego Euskal Herria is still well above the European average, since in Hego Euskal Herria the rate is 10.9%, while the European Union average is 6, 2%”, adds the union.

LAB He has also highlighted that temporary employment continues to be high (more than 70%, above the data for the Spanish State) and has underlined that, despite the improvement in statistics, “the reality of workers” has not improved.

The center highlights the situation of young people. Despite the fact that unemployment among these is the one that has fallen the most, “what worries us most in this area is the quality of employment, since youth employment is the most precarious and unstable”.

LAB has criticized that, as a result of the new labor reform, beyond temporary contracts, instability is taking “new forms.” For example, “the extension of discontinuous fixed contracts”. “Although they appear as fixed in the statistics, it is a innovative formula to replace construction contracts or eventual“, Explain.