The CEL values the growth of autonomous employment in Lanzarote which reaches 18.7%
Self-employment grows on the island above the average of the Canary Islands, especially in hospitality, transport, and construction.
The rise of self-employment in the Canary Islands: 240 new self-employed individuals every day
The number of self-employed people grew more among women in in the last year: there are already 55,284 Canarian women, who lead their own economic activity
Teguise adds 27 workers to the town hall through the Social Employment Program
The contracted, for nine months, will carry out public spaces maintenance tasks, infrastructure conservation, cleaning, attention in municipal facilities, and administrative support.
Unemployment falls in Lanzarote by 0.8% in February, the best figure in the Canary Islands
However, with respect to a year ago, unemployment has fallen more in Gran Canaria, in Tenerife and in the whole of the archipelago than in the 'conejera' island.
David Merino Fernández
Canarias finances the training of 700 unemployed to work in construction and industry
Road conservation profiles, building rehabilitation, industrialized construction, formwork, renewable energies, welding, elevators, automatic doors, drones, or cybersecurity
Social Security will include eleven new pathologies for early retirement due to disability
It is estimated that 50,000 people will benefit from the measure throughout Spain. Among the pathologies: spina bifida, Parkinson's, and Huntington's disease
The Canarian city councils receive 9 million to facilitate the conciliation of workers
They will thus be able to hire professionals of various profiles such as technicians in early childhood education, social integration, or sociocultural animation for home services and in public spaces
Do you have a business idea in Lanzarote? Up to 7,000 euros in subsidy from Canarias
Applications can be submitted until next June 30 and there are three lines of aid: to start activity, to help with loans and for technical assistance
They ask to raise the residence bonus for doctors in Lanzarote by 400 euros
Asamblea 7 Islas and the Medical Union of Canarias request the creation of a stable and earmarked state fund for Healthcare in Canarias, which includes this increase and other measures such as building and expanding healthcare centers
Of every 100 people working in domestic service in the Canary Islands, 93 are women
The Technical Table of Domestic Workers is constituted, which provides a radiography of the sector and is responsible for evaluating preventive measures and monitoring the health of the sector.
CCOO warns of the "dismantling" of Correos, especially on non-capital islands like Lanzarote
The union has met with the Government of the Canary Islands to convey a situation in which "retirements are not being covered" and "temporality is around 25%"
Public employment: 150 positions announced for the Canarian Police
The selection will be made by open competition and will consist of the following phases: competition, selective training course, and internship phase
Arrecife publishes the list of taxi driver applicants who can take the February exam
A total of 68 people have been admitted to take the exam next Thursday, February 12, whose examining board has also been published
Public employment exchange in Arrecife: deadline extended to apply for bus drivers
The list corresponds to the specialty of Public Transport Driver and will be drawn up by the merit competition system
Unemployment falls in Lanzarote in January and increases in the Canary Islands as a whole
Unemployment falls in four municipalities of Lanzarote, while it increases in the other three
Public Employment: 78 teaching positions approved at ULPGC
Of these, 38 are for university professors, 36 for internal promotion of full professors, to which are added another 4 for full professors linked to the Canary Islands Health Service
The Canary Islands collective narrows the gap with Lanzarote's unemployment rate
The island of Lanzarote closed 2025 with an unemployment rate almost two points higher than the previous year
David Merino Fernández
Canary Islands registered the largest quarterly employment increase at the close of 2025
However, the unemployment rate in the Canary Islands is still above the national average, which has just fallen below 10%
95% of hospitality workers earn below the average salary, according to CCOO
The union publishes an X-ray of tourism and its workers in 2025, which also reveals, among other matters, a 224% growth in foreign tourism compared to 2021
The Spanish labor market joins the 'Great Resignation': record high of voluntary resignations in 2025
Many professionals have rethought their priorities and demand more humane work environments, with real opportunities for growth, recognition, and clear purpose
Public employment: 33 judicial positions in the Canary Islands, including Arrecife, in the largest call for applications in history
The breakdown of positions: 24 will be for courts of first instance (TI), 6 for provincial courts, and 3 for the High Court of Justice. Across Spain, there will be 500 new jobs
Canary Islands announces ten million in aid to hire unemployed people with disabilities
The initiative provides for up to 8,000 euros for each hiring and another 1,800 euros for adaptation to the job in the archipelago
Canary Islands announces ten million in aid to hire the long-term unemployed
The subsidy will allow the hiring of workers for the execution of works or services of general and social interest for a period not exceeding nine months on the islands
Canary Islands announces four million euros in aid for job placement
Public or non-profit entities interested can submit their applications electronically throughout February 2026
CEOE: The SMI increase will have "a dramatic impact" on agriculture and domestic workers
Alert that it may cause employment adjustments in the Canary Islands, where its impact is greater, especially among small and medium-sized enterprises
Minimum wage increase in 2026: the Government's proposal
The increase proposed by the central government, which will ultimately not be taxed in personal income tax, will now be studied by social agents
Tinajo and Haría led the drop in unemployment in Lanzarote in 2025
The drop in unemployment in both municipalities triples the declines in Teguise or Tías, while in Yaiza the opposite happened, unemployment rose by 6% in the last year
Unemployment rises in Lanzarote, while it falls in the archipelago as a whole in December
During 2025, unemployment has fallen more in the region as a whole (-6.4%) than on the island of Lanzarote (-4.4%)
David Merino Fernández
More money for PFAEs: Lanzarote, third island with the most projects
Employment expands credit for Alternating Employment Training Programs (PFAE) by eight million to a total of 33.2 million euros
Eight public employment positions offered in the Lanzarote Tax Network
Discover the five different profiles needed by the island's joint municipal tax management body
Canary Islands announces 2.5 million in aid for youth internships in public administration
The contracts will last between ten and twelve months and are for people under 30 years of age with a university degree, vocational training, or a certificate of professionality
Canary Islands public universities receive five million more to meet salary increases
This is how the 2.5% salary increase for university staff is guaranteed, in accordance with the recent decree from the central government to raise public sector salaries
New public employment offer for almost a thousand teachers in the Canary Islands
Education aims to "stabilize teaching employment, reduce the rate of temporary contracts, and guarantee the continuity of educational projects in schools"
Offer approved to stabilize more than 700 jobs in the Canary Islands' Health Service
The job offer is distributed across 511 healthcare positions and 191 management and services positions, out of a total of 61 different professional categories
Christmas Hamper: Is it mandatory, taxed, can it be eliminated?
Receiving the Christmas hamper is a cause for joy for many workers, but each year it sparks the same controversies and legal doubts
CCOO Lanzarote alerts to irregularities in holiday pay in Canary Islands supermarkets
The union denounces that these practices diminish workers' contribution bases and affect their unemployment benefits, temporary disability, or retirement pension
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Díaz calls the CEOE's initiative in the Canary Islands to report sick leave "illegal"
The CEOE in the Canary Islands had proposed creating an anonymous tip line for "fraudulent sick leave and absenteeism" in the archipelago
Canary Islands promotes a system with artificial intelligence to protect workers
It will be possible to monitor in real time workers' exposure to toxic gases, noise, particles, temperature, humidity, or other dangerous environmental agents
Employment stagnates in Lanzarote in November
San Bartolomé has more unemployed people than a year ago. Unemployment is barely falling on the island and is doing so below Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, and Tenerife
David Merino Fernández
For most people in Lanzarote, labor rights are respected little or not at all
What is least respected, they opine, is working hours, followed by permits and days off. They consider the most vulnerable sectors to be the primary sector and the restaurant industry
David Merino Fernández
The deadline to apply for 235 teaching positions in the Canary Islands begins
Includes positions in Secondary Education, Official Language Schools, Plastic Arts and Design, and specialists in Singular Vocational Training Sectors
Conciliation for the self-employed: nurseries, substitutions, Social Security, and other aid from the Canary Islands
Self-employed workers will also be able to obtain a subsidy to hire someone to replace them when they have a baby and also to care for children and the elderly in their charge
Is the lunch break part of the working hours?
A Supreme Court ruling answers the question by focusing on whether the break constitutes effective rest
Canary Islands announces 14 million in aid to boost the competitiveness of active workers
It is estimated that subsidized training programs will reach approximately 30,000 people working in hospitality, retail, transport, healthcare, among other sectors
Lanzarote approves the investment of 1.6 million for municipal employment projects
These agreements will allow municipalities to hire unemployed individuals and carry out works and services of general and social interest, thereby strengthening the provision of public services
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Foreigners sign one in three employment contracts in Lanzarote
They mainly find employment in hospitality and construction, while being underrepresented in other sectors
David Merino Fernández
80% of self-employed workers in the Canary Islands demand family reconciliation measures
Canary Islands will grant aid to cover a worker in the absence of the self-employed person, hire someone to take on caregiving tasks, and access external services such as nursery schools, among others
Education opens job lists in eleven new specialties
Since the implementation of the permanent open lists system, the Ministry has received more than 35,000 applications, of which almost 21,000 were admitted
More than 75,000 applicants for Canary Islands healthcare jobs will have to wait until 2026
Asamblea7Islas considers that the postponement "brings certainty and peace of mind to the thousands of applicants, many of them workers in the Canary Islands public health system"
Lanzarote, second Canary Island where unemployment rose the most in October
Unemployment soared among young people in Lanzarote and also increased more among men than among women
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