The president of the Confederation of Business Associations of the Balearic Islands (CAEB), Carmen Planas, has valued the figures of affiliation to the Social Security and registered unemployment of May published today, stating that "as expected at the beginning of the year, the creation of employment is moderating progressively in the Balearic Islands , staying below the national average, so it is necessary to implement measures that promote business activity to stimulate job creation.

And it is that the average number of affiliated workers in May (557,469 people) has increased by 2.3% in interannual terms, a rate that, after the punctual rise of April due to the base effect of Holy Week (2,6 %), has dropped two tenths also with respect to the average progress of the first quarter (2.5%). As a result of this trend, the creation of employment in the archipelago has once again been below the national average (2.8%), giving continuity to the trend that has been taking place since the first steps of the year.

From a sectoral point of view, it is worth pointing out that this lower dynamism of employment has become evident in the industrial sphere (2.1% vs 2%, April) and, especially, in services (2% vs 2.4%, April), while the growth of the affiliation of workers has maintained a more sustained pulse in construction (5.2% vs 5.2%, April).

The employment trend is influencing, in this sense, the evolution of registered unemployment. Thus, the number of unemployed registered in the employment offices (38,897 people) has been reduced in May at a rate (-0.4%) lower than that of the previous month (-2%) and that progressively moves away from the national average (-5.3%). However, the unemployment rate has decreased by two tenths compared to the same month of the previous year to reach 6.5% of the active population, which represents one of the smallest incidences of unemployment in the state as a whole (13, 7%).

In light of this evolution, Carmen Planas pointed out that "given the forecast that the growth of the Balearic economy and the creation of employment will continue to moderate progressively during the rest of the year, CAEB is committed to improving productivity as the main way to achieve a more stable and higher quality employment ". Given this objective, the improvement of human capital skills and the integration of new technologies in business processes are key, given that these are the aspects in which the archipelago shows a greater gap with respect to its competitive environment.

The president of MAPFRE, Antonio Huertas, stressed that the company he runs has become a great social agent that reverts benefits because it is a commitment that is part of the need to improve the lives of citizens, which helps the very Fundación MAPFRE, during his speech at the CEOE CEPYME Business Meetings.

In these meetings, which have been held today in Madrid under the motto "Moving towards global leadership. Transforming us to grow profitably ", Antonio Huertas also highlighted the commitment that MAPFRE has with its customers and with its shareholders, which in recent years have had a profitability of 5.24%, and which, in 8 of the last 10, was paid in cash, reaching the figure of 3000 million euros.

He also referred to the enormous international dimension of the company that has business in more than 100 countries, highlighting its presence in Latin America where it is in all countries except Cuba and Bolivia. In addition, he referred to the consolidation of the company in the US. While highlighting that, in total, more than 250,000 families around the world work for Mapfre.

When making some reflections on the economic challenges facing Spain, he spoke of the need for political stability that serves to face these challenges and that will also serve to continue growing and remain a benchmark for many others. He also spoke of the importance of digitalization for business and administrations and the aging of those who said was a consequence of the transformation of society that must be addressed.

For his part, the president of CEOE, Antonio Garamendi, stressed the importance of MAPFRE as a Spanish international that we should be proud of and considered that innovation is one of the keys that define the company. He recalled that one of his first jobs was in the aforementioned company.

Finally, Gerardo Cuerva, president of CEPYME, closed the meeting, highlighting Mapfre's social commitment and its effort in the field of innovation. He also stressed the need to put companies "at the center of the policy and not the target." He also thanked the collaboration of the companies sponsoring the Encuentros: Cuatrecasas, Institute of Legal Strategy in HR, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

The permanent secretary of CEIB and general director of CEOE International participated today in the National Congress of Chile (Santiago de Chile) in the "International Meeting: the participation of the private sector in international cooperation for development", which also intervened the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Carolina Valdivia and Secretary General Iberoamericana, Rebeca Grynspan. The Chilean capital is the last stop in the roadshow that Casado started last 30th for various Latin American countries. During his visit to Chile, Casado also held meetings with the head of the Small Businesses Division of the Chilean Ministry of Economy, Felipe Commentz; with representatives of the Confederation of Production and Commerce (CPC); and with the Technical Cooperation Service, SERCOTEC.

The meeting, organized by the Chilean Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AGCID) and the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), was held in two consecutive working days. Each day was composed of presentations, dialogues between the public and private sectors and exhibitions of success stories that will be moderated by experts from the sector. The main objective of the Forum is to promote the promotion of alliances and international cooperation networks between the public and private sectors of the Ibero-American area, in order to contribute to the development of the region.

Other key objectives of the Meeting are to know the different modalities of contribution of the private sector to international cooperation for development in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Mexico, Peru and Portugal; explore new models of cooperation between the private sector and cooperation agencies in those countries; and share information about the state of the art in the world of social innovation and social enterprises, also referred to as the Fourth Sector: its growing relative importance in the economy and its role in fulfilling the 2030 Agenda.

Opening

The permanent secretary of CEIB, Narciso Casado, spoke at the meeting to talk about "International public-private partnerships for the fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda, Ibero-American vision". The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Carolina Valdivia, opened the day; the Ibero-American General Secretary, Rebeca Grynspan; the executive vice president of the Chilean Production Development Corporation (CORFO), Sebastián Sichel; and the general manager of Acción Empresas, Marcela Bravo. The meeting also called for public-private relations managers of development cooperation agencies, representatives of trade associations and sustainability of the private sector of eight Ibero-American countries.

Casado highlighted during his speech the important role that the business sector will play in achieving the objectives of the 2030 Agenda, since it involves the profound transformation of traditional models of international cooperation, which, from now on, must be opened to the sector. private. This process implies, according to Casado, a change of mentality in the direction of the cooperation agencies, which will mean the need to articulate powerful instruments to allow companies to deploy their activities.

Likewise, according to Narciso Casado, it is essential for countries to improve the business environment, to foster a powerful business network that promotes economic growth, fosters innovation and generates employment. Without the participation of private companies, he said, it will not be possible to achieve the objectives of the Agenda or guarantee the sustainability of the initiatives and projects developed to achieve the SDGs. He also stressed that this is a mission to which cooperation agencies must also contribute, through the development of programs that improve economic governance and the business environment, as well as business entrepreneurship.

CEIB and CEOE

Casado explained that all these improvement programs represent the main reason for being of the Ibero-American Business Council (CEIB), which, thanks to its wide network of business organizations, can develop a key role in the development of initiatives and projects. In fact, he pointed out, meetings such as the II Mipymes Forum or the Ibero-American Strategic Communication Summit represent a good example of what has been done at CEIB since its foundation.

At the national level, Casado informed, the CEOE, which holds two positions in the Council for Development Cooperation, follows and participates very actively in the open debate on the modernization of the Spanish Agency for Development Cooperation. In this sense, the permanent secretary of CEIB took the opportunity to congratulate the Chilean Agency for International Development Cooperation and the Ibero-American General Secretariat for organizing the meeting and invited the participants to participate in the III SME Forum on the 2nd and July 3 in Buenos Aires and at the Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, to be held in November 2020 in Andorra.

On the other hand, Rebeca Grynspan highlighted the role of CEIB as an integrator and collaborator for the development of the Ibero-American business world. A prosperous, inclusive and sustainable development of the Region is the objective pursued by companies and business organizations. And he pointed out that they are alliances that are already being woven with business organizations and CEIB.

He pointed out that the private sector is a co-responsible and necessary cooperator in the 2030 Agenda since It is not alien to the challenges the world is facing.

The regulation requires all employers to register the working hours of all their workers, regardless of category or group, provided that it falls within the scope of Article 1 of the Workers' Statute. Except for labor relations of a special nature (Article 2.1 a of the ET), and with a specific or particular regime. The breach of this rule approved by decree would reach up to € 6,200.

To inform about the implications and sanctions, the Territorial Directorate of Labor Inspection has indicated that the registry must be carried out with a methodology that is as non-manipulable as possible so that fraud does not exist, either by the worker or the company.

According to Javier Cerrolaza "The real record is valid, not the fictitious one in which the worker enters and leaves his work at the same time, since it is assumed that the worker has paid leave or flexible hours. "

By law, the employer can dispose of 10% of the worker's working day, as long as there is a notice given to the employee five days before their incorporation. Similarly, the worker can meet a maximum of up to 80 extra hours per year, which can be compensated at most 4 months after completion, or paid in the same month.

Javier Cerrolaza, has addressed the companies of the Corredor del Henares that have hired employees in special schemes, to clarify that today "it is necessary to define what we should call workday in all possible special or common labor regimes. . To do this, it is necessary to review article 34 of the Workers' Statute.

In this act have intervened the Chief Territorial Director of Provincial Inspection of Labor and Social Security of Madrid, Javier Cerrolaza Aragón, the vice president of the Association of Businessmen of the Henares and president of the Commission of Labor Affairs and Employment AEDHE, Laly Escudero Osorio, together with the team of advisors of the Legal Area of ​​the association.

After the success of the previous business meeting with the team of advisers of the Legal Area of ​​the Association of Businessmen of Henares, at the headquarters of AEDHE Coslada, where it was reported on the application of the norm approved by decree on March 8, 2019 to the companies of the Corridor, AEDHE has returned to summon to the employers of the zone, but this time with the Direction of Inspection of Work.

The companies that have not been able to move to the headquarters of Alcalá de Henares of AEDHE have witnessed the live declarations of the Direction of Inspection of Territorial Work through social networks.