Work begins the negotiation to regulate the rights of scholarship holders

It is about developing a Scholarship Statute to protect the rights of people who carry out internships.

Madrid, Apr 22 (EFE).- The Ministry of Labor and social agents opened negotiations last Friday to draft the Intern Statute, a regulation that seeks to protect the rights of people who carry out non-labor internships.

In a statement, Labor points out that in the first meeting of this social dialogue table a general approach was made on the lines that the Government's proposal will follow and the organizations have been asked to convey their approaches.

In statements sent to the media, CCOO has assessed that the regulation of the rights "of more than half a million scholarship recipients in Spain" be addressed and they have advanced that among their proposals is that "expense compensation" be established in aspects such as "the transportation, food or accommodation.

The table, chaired by the Secretary of State for Employment, Joaquín Pérez Rey and with the participation of the CCOO and UGT unions and the CEOE and CEPYME employers' associations, addresses the preparation of the Scholarship Statute in compliance with a provision of the labor reform that provided for start of these works before June 30, 2022.

"We started work to create the Scholarship Statute, a very important fact in our country given that no one has ever granted a catalog of rights to scholarship holders," the second vice president and Minister of Labor and Social Economy highlighted in the note. Yolanda Diaz.

The objective of the table, adds Trabajo, is to develop a standard "that guarantees the protection of the rights that correspond to people who carry out non-labor practices, both in companies and institutions, thus avoiding precariousness and addressing possible abuses in hiring under the formula of false interns.

The Ministry of Labor advances that it will also hold meetings to listen to the contributions and demands of the youth groups and the academics and universities involved in this reform.

Along with this, the note highlights the work of the Labor and Social Security Inspection which, from 2020 to March of this year, has allowed 3,164 jobs to emerge held by false interns.