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%)
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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
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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
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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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Lorenzo Amor (ATA): "The current unemployment rate for the self-employed is a scam"
The president of ATA criticizes the Government's proposal, explains the shortcomings of his group, and congratulates the Canary Islands for announcing that they will pay Social Security to those on temporary leave, in an interview
The Canary Islands will pay the social security contributions for self-employed workers on temporary leave
The regional government will also subsidize interest rates on loans for productive investments, among other measures
Unemployment rose by 15,100 people at the end of the summer in the Canary Islands, 9.59%
In the islands, there are 72,200 unemployed, 14.59% of the community's active population, according to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE)
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Canary Islands approves a new plan to promote entrepreneurship, self-employment and SMEs
The plan seeks to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem with training, financing, innovation, and fewer administrative hurdles throughout the archipelago
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Social Security Blow to Self-Employed Family Members with Regularization of Fees
One of the most unfair errors in the regularization of fees initiated by the SS in 2023 prevents them from contributing based on what they earn, thwarting their possibility of accessing a decent retirement pension.
The 2025 edition of the Training in Alternation with Employment programs is underway
The call, endowed with more than 25 million euros, will offer unemployed people employment, training, and the opportunity to obtain a Professional Certificate.
Workplace accidents decrease among women in Lanzarote, but increase among men
Access detailed data by Lanzarote municipalities and for the archipelago as a whole, as well as recorded labor violations.
The Island Council presents the 2025 Employability Plan with the aim of promoting job placement
This program channels the partial funding of companies' labor costs for the temporary or permanent hiring of unemployed individuals registered with the Canarian Employment Service.
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The Cabildo de Lanzarote seeks 21 qualified profiles for internship contracts
Unemployed individuals with studies in Law; Environmental Sciences; Electrotechnical and Automated Systems; Social Integration; and Gender Equality will be hired.
Lanzarote, the island where unemployment fell the most in September
Discover the evolution of unemployment in the different municipalities of Lanzarote and in the rest of the Canary Islands.
David Merino Fernández
Canary Islands registers the second highest rate of work absenteeism in the country from April to June
The rate reached 8.8%, almost two points above the national average, with a direct impact on productivity and business competitiveness
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Employment in Teguise hotels plummets almost 20% in the last year
Overview of employment in tourist municipalities: it also falls in Tías, while it continues to increase in Yaiza's hotel establishments
David Merino FernándezDemonstration in Lanzarote against the "precariousness" of commerce workers this Thursday
CCOO describes the partiality of many contracts as "the slavery of these times" and warns of a strike next Black Friday if their demands are not met
Lanzarote leads the drop in unemployment in the Canary Islands in August
Learn about the behavior of employment in all the Canary Islands, as well as by Lanzarote municipalities, education and gender
David Merino Fernández
Bernardo Huerga (ANPE): “Lanzarote is the most expensive island for teachers”
Discover why many teachers avoid non-capital islands, even though they offer the highest salaries in the country, in an interview with the representative in the province of the largest teachers' union.
David Merino Fernández
About 200 people participated in Cabildo job training so far this term
The first Institution has promoted training in digital skills, English, handling of plant protection products, home economics, entrepreneurship, environmental awareness, among others
Internship program for young people launched in the Canary Islands Public Administration
With a total investment of 4 million euros, administrations that want to participate have until September 9 to apply for aid
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