MADRID -- Negotiations between unions and the employers have not recovered their rhythm since the controversial new labour laws introduced by the PP government. Official statistics show that there were 1,319 agreements signed over the first nine months of the year, only 100 more than last year, the worst since the crisis began. One of the principal inducements aimed at renewing the contracts was the so-called 'ultraactivity' clause in the law that kept going contracts that had run out, until a new one had been agreed. Nevertheless, experts agree point out are the daily working hours that have been agreed so far. These rose by 30 annual hours for 2014, or 1,756 hours, compared to the same peiod last year, and the longest since 2002. Negotiations with salaried personnel unions, with new contracts starting on January 1, 2015, have fixed the annual working hours at 1,825, according to Ministry of Employment. The Autonomous Communities with the longest work day are:
Canaries 1,814 hours
Balearic Islands 1,776
Andalucia 1,774
Madrid 1,771
Castilla-La Mancha 1,771
And at the opposite end:
Catalonia 1,700
Navarre 1,700
Basque Country 1,716
Asturias 1,748
Salaries
Between January and September, salary increases stayed at a rise of 0.56%, exactly the same as in 2013. The sector gaining the highest rises is in construction, which gained 1.22%, double the average despite being the main victim of the financial crisis, while the worst hit in this regard were the civil servants, who were only able to scratch up an increase of 0.02%, mainly because of the significant cutbacks in this sector ordered by the central government.
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