Spain loses 7,366 jobs and unemployment rises by 3,230 people in the worst July in more than twenty years

• ALEJANDRA OLCESE

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Updated Tuesday, August 2, 2022-09:05

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The month of

in the country and the addition of

the State Public Employment Service (SEPE), despite being a traditionally good month for the labor market due to the summer season, as reported on Tuesday by the Ministries of Labor and Social Security.

The average number of

, while at least since 2001 the number of workers in the country

.

In 2021, 91,451 workers joined the system;

In 2020 -the year of the pandemic-, 161,217 employees were gained compared to June, and in previous years there were always increases in the number of employees, even in the worst moments of the financial crisis.

, when the country only

in July.

This loss of jobs experienced in July this year leaves the

registered with Social Security at

, 3.8% more than there was a year ago or 749,236 more employed.

Although the average number of monthly affiliates is the indicator that has historically been used to measure the evolution of employment (in order to interpret the data, they are always compared with the same months of previous years to avoid distortions derived from seasonality), the Ministry that directed by

gives more importance to the evolution of

According to this statistically manipulated measure,

in July and the total number of workers would rise to 20.11 affiliates.

Thus, employment would have been growing in Spain for 15 months, despite the fact that July has actually ended with 7,366 fewer workers

.

The 31st was Sunday, so the destruction of employment that occurred in the last weekend will be included in the data for August.

The destruction of jobs has occurred, as in other years, in

(51,850 fewer affiliates in July, while 51,722 were lost in the same month last year), but the increase in employment that it is usually produced traditionally in the

sector and that compensates for this loss this year has been much lower.

have been hired

for this activity,

On the other hand, the number of those who are

has increased by

, something again

since at least in the last ten years - period for which data is provided -

.

Last year, unemployment fell by 197,841 people;

in 2020, at 89,949;

and in 2019 -which was the worst recent year- it fell by 4,253 people.

With this, the

stands at

still the lowest figure recorded in a month of July since 2008.

The Ministry led by

has indicated that "it is not the first time that unemployment has risen slightly in the month of July", but has admitted that "

, largely partly due to

."

By sectors, unemployment rose in July, especially in

, with

due to the end of the school year, which once again demonstrates the

, both in the public and private sectors, whose contract it is rescinded in the summer to be hired again at the beginning of the course.

Unemployment has also increased in agriculture (825 more unemployed) and in construction (976).

In

, however, despite the difficulties it is facing, unemployment has fallen by 1,909 people.

Impact of the labor reform

The Ministry has boasted one more month of the positive impact that the

is having on

, since during the month of July a total of

have been registered , of which

(685,992 contracts, a figure that multiplies by four the historical average).

Of these, 285,252 are full time, 159,150 are part time and

The latter are the ones that have replaced temporary contracts and are now classified as indefinite despite the fact that there are periods in which the worker is inactive.

In cumulative terms, full-time indefinite contracts in the first seven months of the year reached a total of

which represents an

compared to the same period in 2021.

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