The crisis is causing social dialogue to crumble as the government is trying to face the rapid unemployment increase. The social partners answered with a burst of criticism to the proposition the executive made on November 3 to boost the labor market (see our dispatch No. 080851). Consequently, only two of the four measures presented should be approved by the next Council of Ministers: incentives to employ unemployed people with a family and those encouraging self-employment. (Ref. 080872)
The head of the Spanish government, Jose
Luis Zapatero presented, on November 3, 2008, a series of measures to prevent unemployment
from increasing, after it went from 7.5% to 11.3% during the first ten months
of the year (see our dispatch No. 080851). Given the lack of support from the social
partners, Mr. Zapatero had to postpone most of the measures (notably supporting
businesses creating jobs related
to research, innovation and renewable energy or even recognizing temporary work
agencies’ r
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