The minimum wage that employers may pay their employees. The Spanish government revises this wage each year, following discussions with the country’s most representative business associations and unions, and on the basis of the Índex dels preus al consum, IPC / Retail price index rise in the retail price index, the national average in terms of levels of productivity, the proportion of the national income represented by work and the general economic situation.
The National Institute for Social Security is the Spanish public social protection system. It applies to all Spain's inhabitants and is based on the principle of financial solidarity, meaning that it is financed by money contributed by employers, workers and the state alike. The system covers eventualities such as illnesses, accidents at work, retirement, being widowed or orphaned, disability, etc.
A service run by the Ministry of Work and Industry of the Catalan government. It offers information, guidance, advice, training and financing resources for people who want to start up a business.
A resource that the Catalan government makes available to Catalan companies and workers in order to contribute to regional and social cohesion and to general progress in Catalonia. The tasks of the Catalan Occupation Service include labour mediation.
The Catalan verb sindicar-se means ‘to sign up as a member of a union'.
An association formed by workers for the purposes of protecting and promoting their members' economic and social interests, and those of labourers in particular, before management and employers' organisations. Unions usually join together within federations or trade union confederations, which may be independent or may have a political orientation.
A non-contributory protective measure of the Social Security system, consisting of economic benefit and the payment of Social Security contributions for healthcare, family protection and, if applicable, retirement benefits. Unemployment subsidies are available to people who do not have a job and are registered as jobseekers, provided that they meet certain requisites.