A total of 6,675 workers were affected by a contract suspension during January, a reduction of 80.3% compared to the same month of the previous year. Following the data published this Friday by the Ministry of Labor, 2024 has begun with a total of 9,317 workers affected by 415 employment regulation files (ERE) registered in 351 companies.
In January, the workers, procedures and companies affected have been reduced by 75%, 15.9% and 16.4%, respectively, compared to the same month in 2023. Of the total number of workers affected, 1,949 were part of a collective dismissal, a figure that has been reduced by 23.5% compared to a year before; 6,675 suffered a contract suspension, 80.3% less; and 693 were reduced in their hours, 17.2% less. Of these workers, 6,240 were men and 3,077 were women. Regarding the causes, the majority of workers were affected by procedures motivated by economic, technical, organizational or production causes (ETOP), and only 371 were involved in a case due to force majeure.
The industry, the most affected
By sectors of activity, the workers included in a file in the services stand out, with 3,038 affected, of which just over half suffered contract suspensions and another 1,100 were included in collective dismissals; followed by construction, with 325; and agriculture, with 144. But the majority of those affected were in industry with 5,810 employees who, mainly, suffered a suspension of contracts, with 4,972, practically all of them specifically in the manufacturing industry.
Going down into more detail, the 2,351 workers in vehicle manufacturing with suspended contracts stand out, to which are added just over 500 from the manufacturing of mineral products and another 500 from the paper industry. Also drawing attention are the 508 workers included in a collective dismissal in the manufacturing industry, as well as the 645 employees with suspended contracts in administrative activities and auxiliary services.
