The number of workers in temporary employment regulation files (ERTE) in the Canary Islands stood at 36,405 people on August 31, which is 12,908 fewer workers than in July, when the figure stood at 49,313, as reported this Thursday by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration.
Of the total number of workers in ERTE in the islands, 18,687 are men and 17,718 are women. 6,863 people are in partial suspension, while the rest, 29,542, are not working.
By provinces, most of the workers in ERTE as of August 31 are still in Las Palmas, with 20,558, compared to 15,847 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
In Las Palmas, most of the workers in this situation are men (10,815 compared to 9,743 women), while in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the number of women in ERTE reaches 7,975 compared to 7,872 men.
In the country as a whole, the number of workers in temporary employment regulation files (ERTE) stood at 272,190 people on August 31, which is 59,296 fewer workers than in July according to the date of notification of the file and 15,216 fewer depending on the date on which it takes effect (date of registration).
The department headed by José Luis Escrivá has explained that the dates of application for the ERTE and the date of its effects may be different because there is a "certain disparity" between the date of notification and the date of registration. Thus, it may happen that a company notifies the Social Security of an ERTE for its staff in the month of June, even if it takes effect on an earlier date, for example in April.
In any case, the Ministry has stressed that the figures for workers in ERTE associated with Covid were at their lowest level in August since the start of the pandemic. Since May 2020, when 3.6 million workers were in ERTE, more than 92% have already left it.
ERTE modalities
Of the 272,190 workers who were in an ERTE in August, 95,608 belong to the 'old' ERTE modalities, without exemptions to Social Security, while nearly two thirds (176,582 workers) are included in those that involve exemptions in contributions.
Within these new modalities, 116,520 workers are in ERTE with special exemptions for 'ultra-protected' sectors and their value chain, while 54,158 are in an ERTE of limitation of activity and 5,904 in an ERTE of impediment of activity.
Two activities, out of the hundred registered, concentrate 38% of the people in ERTE: food and beverage services (hospitality), with 65,373 workers in ERTE, and accommodation services, with 39,091 protected workers.
