The Business Confederation (CEA) claims a “global solution” to the lack of labor that affects several sectors and calls for decisions on quotas to be better adapted to the real needs of companies. The president of the employer, Gerard Cadenahe warned after the Economic and Social Council that the problem is not exclusive to one area, but is repeated in trade, construction and other activities. “All the sectors that are now pulling hard have a personnel problem“, he summarized.
Trade is one of the sectors that transferred the most concern. The Minister of the Presidency, Economy, Work and Housing, Conxita Marsolexplained that employers claim more flexibility between the general quota i the seasonal one The problem, as he explained, is that having a seasonal quota often limits access to the general and prevents retaining workers that companies would like to incorporate permanently. “They have workers who could stay fixed and this makes them a bit dysfunctional”, he explained marsol
“While we are growing in surface area and the quotas are restricted, we have a problem”
The request does not go through to maintain the general share open permanently, but to give more scope to the sector so that it can modulate its needs. chain he added that the tension is growing because economic activity continues to increase while staff inflows are being restricted. “As long as we are growing in square meters of surfaces and the quotas are restricted, we have a problem”, he warned. The CEA it therefore asks to advance decisions and avoid having to wait until November to respond to needs that are already present. This debate also affects the future extraordinary quota of construction. marsol insisted that Interior continues to study the different options and that neither the final number of workers nor the specific operation of the system has yet been finalized. Nor has it been definitively decided whether the permits will be linked to a single work or whether they will be trbuilders will be able to move from one project to another.
Minister Marsol at the exit of the CES meeting.
The employer also considers that the quota cannot be strictly limited to masons or pawns. chain he recalled that a construction site also needs plumbers, electricians, drivers, transporters and material distribution companies. That is why he considered it difficult to set a global number of workers without first analyzing the needs of the workers different trades involved.
“They have workers who could stay with them and this makes them dysfunctional”
Added to all this is the future system for checking the records of workers from third countries within the framework of the border management agreement with France i Spain. Faced with scheduled deadlines of 28 days, extendable up to 42the CEA bet on promoting recruitment at origin to shorten waiting times. The formula would consist of selecting and hiring the worker before arriving in the country and starting to process the documentation before he travels to Andorra In this way, the checks of the Andorran authorities and those they have to do France or Spain they could advance, and much of the deadline would have already passed when the person arrived at the principality chain he set the goal that the process could be resolved in a week or a fortnight, assuming that the final duration will also depend on the neighboring countries.
TWO COMPANIES WILLING TO REQUEST UNION ELECTIONS
The system will allow employees to request the Department of Labor to call elections without having to identify himself to the company. The request can be submitted by email or using a simple form, i Labor Inspection will verify that applicants are part of the workforce and that the required percentage is achieved. In companies with more than a hundred workers, Torra indicated that at least 10% of the workforce must apply. The Minister of the Presidency, Economy, Labor and Housing, Conxita Marsolconfirmed that a work there is at least one request and that the unions have communicated a second one. The regulation will also specify the procedure, documentation and forms necessary to guarantee “the maximum possible discretion”. theUSdA he celebrated the deployment but railed against the delay. toast assured that one of the demands has been stopped for four months work waiting for the regulation and affirmed that “the Government has not been for the work”. The union also calls for an institutional campaign so that workers know this way and are encouraged to promote representative bodies within companies with all the guarantees.
