CEPYME warns of the impact on employment of new increases in labor costs

2024-10-02 11:11:50

Social Security enrollment increased by 8,805 enrollees in September, the lowest figure for this month in five years. In seasonally adjusted terms, the increase is 22,220 affiliates, which is the worst figure since 2019 and below the average for the 2013-2018 period (35,166).

This relative slowdown reflects moderation in employment, whose growth rate has been declining since February this year, with the exception of April and May, and which is chaining three consecutive months of decline (from 2.48% in of June to 2.27% in June). September).

CEPYME expresses its concern about the rapid increase in the cost of employment in recent years, which has a particular impact on SMEs and micro-enterprises, especially in the context of the uneven recovery of economic activity according to company size and sector , with some as agricultural, i. which had a special impact on this increase in costs resulting from the increase in TMI and social contributions.

These factors have influenced a persistent and worrying loss of productivity in SMEs, which had fallen by six quarters and is 1.7% lower than the pre-pandemic level.

Despite this, companies, especially SMEs, are making a clear commitment to maintaining and creating jobs, which is why CEPYME considers it necessary to support these efforts more widely, avoiding measures that they may have a negative impact on the productive activity, such as 1083/2006 from the Council the reduction of the working day or new increases in labor costs, as a result of a new increase in the TBS, which may contribute to the situation of activities such as agriculture or sectors other as a result.

The Confederation insists on the need to restore an environment of trust and legal security that encourages investment, maintenance and job creation, and that respects the fields of activity of the sectors through collective bargaining.

In September, job creation was driven by the education sector. On the contrary, with the end of the summer campaign, there is pressure to destroy jobs in sectors such as commerce and hospitality.

Unemployment in September increased by 3,164 people, with a total number of 2,572,121 unemployed. It must be remembered, however, that registered unemployment does not take into account non-active permanent workers, which would raise, in August, the effective unemployment figure by more than 773,000 people.