The wave of ERE slows down but adds 10,674 laid off until October, the worst figure since 2012

The wave of employment regulation files (ERE) keep adding layoffs in Catalonia, although its intensity has moderated in this second part of the year. According to the latest data updated this Monday by the Department of Labor, in October a total of 246 affected by collective dismissals were registered. A discreet figure, compared to that of October last year or the first months of the year. The current low intensity does not detract from the statistics accumulated so far this year: 10,674 people they have been stopped during the first 10 months of 2021; the worst data since 2012.

Related news

Few files have been publicly disclosed this past October. One has been that of Mopavid, the Badalonense factory that closed last month and laid off its 63 workers. The industry It is one of the sectors most affected in the balance of this year. Despite the fact that of the total employed, its weight represents close to 20%; half of those laid off in ere during 2021 worked in the industry. The other variable is territorial and there the accent is clearly centralist. The destruction of employment via file is eminently concentrated in the province of Barcelona, where 94% of those affected are located.

The evolution of collective redundancies is down, in parallel with the increase in the overall number of employed persons, which registered positive employment balances in eight of the last 10 months. In Catalonia there were in October a total of 3.49 million affiliated with Social Security; 124,097 more than in October of the previous year.