A total of 193,946 temporary contracts were converted to permanent contracts last year, “more than double the number in 2017,” according to the Ministry of Labour.
The Minister of Labour, Migration and Social Security, Magdalena Valerio, presented this Friday to the Council of Ministers the second report on the Implementation of the Master Plan for Decent Work to “recover labour rights and improve the quality of employment”. According to this document, almost 200,000 temporary contracts have become permanent in 2018.
“The ordinary action of the Labour Inspectorate, together with that carried out within the Shock Plan, raises the total number of temporary contracts converted into permanent contracts during the past year to 193,946,” announced Valerio's department, which highlights that it is “more than double” that of 2017, when 92,925 contracts were converted into permanent contracts.
According to the balance sheet presented, “the implementation of both plans has resulted, from August to December 2018, in the conversion of 61,445 temporary contracts into permanent ones, which represents 76.31% of the workers.” Likewise, the working day of 8,824 workers with part-time contracts has been increased. This represents 17.51% of those affected by the Shock Plan against the irregular use of part-time contracts.
Beyond the results obtained as a consequence of the aforementioned plan, during the last year 132,501 irregular temporary contracts have been transformed into permanent ones, 39,576 more than in 2017 (29,861 TP3T more) and 50,229 more than in 2016 (37,901 TP3T more).
All of this brings the number of permanent contracts to 2,284,924 in 2018, 18.4% more than the previous year, “a historical high in the series that began in 2006.”
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