Despite positive economic growth in Spain, economic inequality and wage disparities remain significant, with cooperatives playing a key role in promoting social cohesion and reducing inequality.
Airef reports €16.5 billion medical leave costs in 2024 with women under 40 being the predominant demographic, revealing structural issues in Spain's Social Security.
Despite positive economic growth in Spain, economic inequality and wage disparities remain significant, with cooperatives playing a key role in promoting social cohesion and reducing inequality.
Spain's hospitality sector is confronting labor shortages and calls for price increases and automation as it undergoes a critical business model transformation.
The European Parliament has sanctioned stricter migration controls while Spain calls for orderly migration linked to labor integration amid demographic shifts.
Spain's Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo supports balanced labor reforms, including work hour registration, amidst political tensions and economic challenges.
Spain's government launches a landmark 2026 migrant amnesty granting legal status to 500,000 undocumented workers amid labor shortages and political debate.
Spain's government has approved a historic plan to regularize 500,000 immigrants as foreign employment hits record levels, highlighting migration's key role in the economy.
Castilla-La Mancha's Region Council begins drafting the second Social Economy Strategy, building on current success that benefitted 11,300+ people and expanded the sector significantly.
Andalusian social enterprise UNEI and Basque group Gureak collaborate in Sevilla to share innovative social economy solutions and promote employment for people with disabilities.
Spain advances its social economy sector with a new national seal to boost visibility and a local agreement in Alcalá de Henares promoting labor societies and cooperatives.
Xunta de Galicia plans a nearly €45 million investment in 2026 to support social economy initiatives and labor integration for people with disabilities.
Spain's economic outlook for 2026 faces critiques over employment policies and calls for sustainable public spending amid expert economic discussions in Ciudad Real.
Spain’s Congress passes the 2025 Social Economy Law to modernize cooperative regulations and boost social enterprises, despite opposition from PP and Vox.
The Basque Government has granted a €6,046 subsidy to support the Kutsuak project, enhancing social labor inclusion for people with mental health conditions under the V Plan Vasco de Inclusión 2022-2026.
Spain is set to present a new law aiming to boost the rural economy by strengthening cooperatives and social enterprises, focusing on depopulated areas and vulnerable groups.
ATA President Lorenzo Amor faults Spain's government for complex regulations and ‘design taxes’ that drive growth of the informal economy, especially in household employment.
Spain faces a high labor tax burden and rapid demographic aging, threatening economic competitiveness and pension sustainability, amid government resistance to OECD reform recommendations.
Latin American workers in Spain exceed one million affiliated with social security, predominantly young and concentrated in hospitality, yet poverty risk remains high amid structural social challenges in Spain.
Salamanca achieves a €1.74 social return per euro invested in social economy enterprises, doubling insertion employment and boosting municipal services.
Spain's workplace fatality rate remains above the EU average with a recent rise in deaths, prompting calls for urgent legislative reforms to improve worker safety.
Antonio Garamendi accuses Labor Minister Yolanda Díaz of politicizing new labor leave policies amid broader tensions on labor reform, immigration, and economic concerns.
Spain's Labor Inspection uncovered over 92,600 undeclared jobs in 2024, predominantly in hospitality, exposing ongoing labor market challenges in the underground economy.
The Canary Islands have approved their first Social Economy Strategy for 2026-2029, focusing on inclusive job creation and sustainability aligned with global development goals.