Spain's unemployment rate fell to 11.60%, a 15-year low, down from 13.26% three months earlier, data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Thursday.
  • huojtkeg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    Stats are manipulated. 3 years ago the government changed the name of the temporary job contracts to “discontinuous permanent worker”. They are hired by a company but they only work few days or even few months a year. People with that kind of contract does not count as unemployed, even if they only work few days a year.

    Most of the workers with that kind of contract want to work a full time job but they can’t due to the high unemployment. The same as before but now the stats looks better.

    • testingtesting123@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      1 year ago

      Stats are not perfect but they are not manipulated. People working less hours are still workers. Global working hours have also increased. Minijobs in Germany are similar.

    • ghost_laptop@lemmy.ml
      22·
      1 year ago

      If I am understanding it correctly it is still not good because this generally means companies outsource their workforce and hire “freelancers” to avoid paying the same benefits as if they were regular workers.

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    11.6% unemployment seems really, really high for a developed country! What’s the hell is up, Spain?