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ACTION-L.IN.C (Action for Leather Integrated
Cooperation)
Conference - Athens - 14th December 2007
Support of aged employees in the leather and
footwear sectors in Spain
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.- Overview to the European and Spanish
leather industry.
2.- The employment situation in the leather
industry in Spain.
3.- The labour scenario in Spain.
4.- The general situation of aged employees
in Spain.
5.- The special program of support to the
leather industries in Spain.
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Overview to the European and Spanish leather
industry
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To have a look to the European leather sector
Declaimed more than a third since 1990 Spain,
represents a 16 of the EU tanning production,
and the employment has fallen down by 35 from
1990 since last year The employment is moved to
other regions, such as China or India In any
case, Europe is still a important supplier of
leather in the international marketplace
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Whats the situation of the leather sector in
Spain?
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The employment situation in the sector
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Age distribution of the workforce in the Spanish
leather industry
SourceAIICA
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• Whats the formation of the leather workers in
  Spain?

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Characteristics of older workers
Education level of older workers
70
80
60
primary
secondary
30
40
20
0
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• Which is the opinion of workers and employers?

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• Some examples about the labour scenario in Spain.

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Clusters in Spain
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New characteristics

• The technologies
• The decreasing of production

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Which are the characteristics of these losses of
employment?

• Traumatic closure or lockout
• Gradual decreasing of company size

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Experience of Vic leather sector.

• Lockout of companies
• Early retirements
• Dismissals, that should be stipulate with trade
  unions
• Labour adjustment plan

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• In the entire Vic crisis, always the companies
  and workers deal an agreement.
• This scenario permits to merge factories of the
  same group,
• Closure of factories,
• Revaluation of land,
• Good indemnifications.
• But the leather sector loss its importance.

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The general situation of aged employees in Spain.

• Employed people.
• Unemployed people.
• Early retired people.

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General conditions to perceive a pension
.- General age retirement 65 years
.- Minimum salary years to calculate the pension
is the last 15 years
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• Early retirements have to be always consequence
  of
• Non voluntary situation
• More than 30 years working
• From 61 years old workers
• After 6 months of unemployment

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Pension in relation to the years of contribution
to national insurance
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Program of support to the tannery companies, the
leather goods industries and the shoes
manufacturers in Spain
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General conditions of the new law

• Reduction of 50 in the contribution to the
  Social Security in the case of workers with more
  than 55 years.
• Support to the aged workers in formation plans.
• Help to accept a new job with less salary
• Incentives for the companies that contract
  workers unemployed from shoes and leather
  sectors.

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Special for leather sectors.
Promoted by Department of Industry and Department
of Employment of Spain

• Subvention of 3000 euros/year for 2 years
• Subvention of 5500 euros/year until retirement
  age

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Requirements

• Workers of these sectors
• Working in the sector the last tree years
• Or during six years in all their labour life

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Remarks

• The Spanish tanning industry suffered the effects
  of an important recession during the last years.
• The majority (70) of the older workers have only
  finished primary school.
• Training in leather industry is inadequate
  because it is not sufficiently perceived as an
  investment.