The new Vocational Training (VT) law wants to revive a previously very common position in our businesses: the apprentice. The regulations, approved three years ago by the Spanish government and which the autonomous communities have begun to implement this year, increase the number of internship hours students complete in a real work environment and aim to give the entire model a dual character, regardless of their degree. However, this transformation requires much greater involvement from companies, and this is where it has encountered its greatest stumbling block.

The Government will appoint Francesc Castellana today as director of the Catalan Employment Service (SOC), replacing Juan José Torres, who has held the position since September 2021. The replacement comes at the request of Torres, who cited personal and family reasons, according to ARA.

For the seventh consecutive month unemployment has fallen in Catalonia. In September, a month in which it normally tends to rise due to the end of the summer season contracts, unemployment has fallen by 12,658 people. In absolute figures it is the second autonomous community with the biggest decrease, only surpassed by the Canary Islands, whose economy also depends mainly on tourism, with 20,699 less unemployed.