The cut in working hours, one of the layoff modes, is rising year on year since March, although there are fewer companies to resort to these processes.

Companies that rely on layoff are to invest more in cutting working hours to try to answer breaks the business. Looking at the data of the first half, it turns out that from March (inclusive), there was an increase in the number of workers on shorter working hours, included in the layoff, compared with the same months last year.

On the other hand, and according to data from the Social Security available through the Strategy Office and Ministry of Economy Studies, the total target employees from layoff (including those who have suffered a temporary suspension of contracts) also exceeded in the months of last quarter, the numbers in the same period 2014.

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