Long-term temporary workers will claim compensation from the European Court of Justice for Spain's non-compliance.

BrusselsThe European Commission has issued some warnings to Spain for "abusing" the concatenation of temporary contracts to the public administration and, therefore, of violating European Union regulations. Furthermore, the European Court has ruled that the State must convert all long-term temporary workers to permanent ones. However, despite some efforts by the Spanish government to regularize the situation, there are still many public administration workers who are locked into temporary contracts for many years.

In this context, the general secretary of the CGT (Federation of Public Administrations) (CGT), Arantza Alfaro, announced this Tuesday from the European Parliament that in the coming days they will denounce the fact that the European Commission has not forced Spain to put an end to the employment status of long-term workers. "We need it to act now and, if necessary, impose sanctions," the union representative insisted.

In this way, FETAP intends for the European institutions to financially compensate all the years in which these workers have been long-term temporary workers, because they have not been able to ensure that Spain complies with European regulations. Specifically, in one of the lawsuits that lawyer Josep Jover has filed on behalf of the CGT, they will seek compensation of €65,000 for a worker who allegedly illegally held several temporary contracts. It should be noted that, according to FETAP's own estimates, there are one million people who are or have been in this situation in recent years.

Meanwhile, representatives of FETAP met with the office of the European Commissioner for Social Rights and Employment, Roxana Mînzatu, and presented their demands regarding the situation of long-term temporary workers and their intention to claim compensation. According to union sources, Brussels has informed them that it is closely monitoring the situation and is in contact with the Spanish government to rectify the situation.