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Hotel buyup scheme plan New ‘wage’ for domestic workers
THE Spanish government has created a new subsidy for domestic workers.
Until recently, housework was never recognised as a job in Spain, with those doing it usually womenunable to claim any benefits or compensation.
But the Spanish executive has introduced a series of changes to labour legislation over the last few months, including enabling domestic workers to request a €500 monthly ‘wage’ for up to 11 months.
The aim of the grant is to support domestic workers who are unable to combine housework with regular employment, therefore the conditions to be awarded the socalled Active Insertion Income (Renta de Inserción Activa, or RIA) are very strict.
These include not having received the RIA previously, the average income of all members of the household aged under 26 and the applicant’s income must not be higher than 75 per cent of the national minimum wage of €1,080, the applicant must be on the dole, and it is not available to people over 65.
To request the RIA it is necessary to make an appointment with the SEPE employment office either in person or online using a digital certificate or Cl@ve PIN at sede.sepe.gob.es / (available in English).
THE Balearic Islands government has announced plans to invest €16 million to buy ‘obsolete’ hotels in stressed tourist areas and turn them into public housing and green zones.
Regional President Francina Armengol met with representatives of the islands’ tourism and hotel sectors this week to outline the new measure.
The funds will come from the EU’s Next Generation scheme and the project is part of the Spanish government’s Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.
According to Sra Armengol, the goal is to regenerate a number of “sensitive” tourist areas throughout the Balearic Islands, as new legisla
FINES for dumping rubbish and large objects in Palma have increased by 20 per cent in recent months.
The Local Police performs regular inspections at common dump sites and reports that increasing numbers of residents and businesses are being caught leaving their rubbish, furniture and other unwanted items outside the proper containers.
Most offences have report
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tion obliges the regional authorities to progressively reduce the number of hotel vacancies.
The head of the Govern explained that the measure will only affect one and twostar hotels that “do not add the extra quality we want as a tourist destination”.
It will reportedly fall to establishment owners themselves to approach the regional authorities with offers to sell their properties if they so wish.
The project is expected to take place in areas classed as “mature tourist zones” or “excessive tourist zones”, including Platja de Palma, S’Arenal de Llucmajor, Palmanova, Magaluf, Santa Ponça, Sa Coma and Calvià, among others.
