Unemployment continues at low since 2008 with May slight drop
2,692 fewer people out of work compared to April as number of jobs hits new record
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Barcelona job fair hopes to match job seekers with international employers
Third edition of Work in Barcelona job fair takes place on January 24 in Eixample neighborhood
Last quarter sees 4,700 more unemployed workers in Catalonia
Unemployment rate maintains stable at 9.3% according to Spain's quarterly labor force survey
Norwegian Air to cut 607 jobs at Barcelona Airport
Airline to close long-haul hub in Catalan capital and dismiss 85% of staff in Spain
Near 30% rise in unemployment since February 2020
Almost one year on from the beginning of the pandemic, more than 81,000 jobs have been lost
Unemployment rose to 13.9% at the end of 2020
More than half a million people without work in Catalonia
Unemployment fell to 10.4% at end of 2019
Last year 87,000 jobs were created and unemployment rate dropped from 11.7% twelve months previously
Downward trend continues despite unemployment increase in August
Catalonia has recorded the lowest post-August unemploymenttotal since 2008
Number of poor workers in Catalonia up to 400,000, says union
With part-time work and job losses on the rise, CCOO warns that insecurity has become "the established model"
Unemployment falls by 62,023 in 2016, biggest decline since 2008
The number of people registered on the unemployment lists in Catalonia at the end of 2016 stood at 453,645, some 62,023 fewer than at the same time in 2015, according to the Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social Security.This is the best figure since 2008 and represents a 12% decrease in comparison to the unemployment registered at the end of 2015. Most of those who are still unemployed belong to the services sector (315,305), while nearly 56,000 correspond to the industry sector, more than 44,000 belong to the construction sector, nearly 11,500 to the agriculture sector and more than 26,500 were already unemployed. In the whole of Spain, 2016 finished with 390,534 fewer unemployed, who totalled 3,702,974 people. This is the biggest decline in the historic series and represents a 9.54% decrease in comparison to December 2015.
Government to tally number of young Catalans living abroad and encourage their return
The number of young Catalans living abroad will be tallied and efforts will be continued to encourage their return. The Department of Youth estimates that more than 3,000 young people left Catalonia to move abroad in 2014 and there were 242,070 Catalans living abroad by May 2015, according to data released by the Catalan Institute of Statistics (Idescat). Projects are being set forth to aid in providing access for entrepreneurs to profiles that are outside Catalonia, job opportunities in the field of research, and promote entrepreneurship within the region. Móncat, the web platform focused on employment opportunities, will also be geared towards connecting Catalans living abroad to opportunities in Catalonia.
Unemployment in Catalonia drops by 10% in 2015
There were 515,668 unemployed people in Catalonia at the end of 2015, which represents 60,280 fewer jobseekers than there were at the end of last year. This is the lowest figure since 2008, according to data released by the Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social Security. In December alone, the number of unemployed people in Catalonia decreased by 5,992, which represents a fall of 1.15%. In the whole of Spain, 2015 registered 4,093,508 people without a job, nearly 8% lower than at the end of 2014, which is the highest annual drop in the historical series. More than 1.5 million new contracts were signed in the whole of Spain during 2015, however less than 7% of them were permanent.