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What it is

How Spain organizes public employment services and job policies

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 25 July 2003. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Official title: Government bill on Employment.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000169· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. It defines employment policy as the set of decisions by the State and the autonomous communities aimed at achieving full employment, improving job quality and protecting unemployed people.
  2. It creates the National Employment System, made up of the State Public Employment Service and the employment services of the autonomous communities, with their coordination bodies and tools.
  3. The National Employment Institute is renamed the State Public Employment Service, keeping its legal personality and its legal and financial regime.
  4. It regulates job placement services, meaning matching job offers with job seekers. These are provided by public employment services and authorized placement agencies, and are free for both workers and employers.
  5. It sets out active employment policies: guidance, training and job promotion, with individualized attention for each job seeker and specific programs for young people, women, long-term unemployed people over 45, people with disabilities and immigrants.
  6. Anyone receiving unemployment benefits must register as a job seeker and take part in the active employment policies set out in their individual insertion plan, and the administrations must coordinate benefits and active policies.

Who it affects

  • Unemployed people and those receiving unemployment benefits: They must register as job seekers and take part in the active employment policies in their individual insertion plan.
  • Workers and employers: They can use public employment services for free to find work or hire staff.
  • Autonomous communities: They carry out active employment policies in their territory and take part in the National Employment System.
  • Authorized placement agencies: They can provide job placement services while respecting the principles of equality and non-discrimination.

Words worth knowing

Políticas activas de empleo (active employment policies)
Guidance, training and job promotion programs designed to help an unemployed person find work.
Intermediación laboral (job placement services)
Matching people looking for work with companies that have job openings.
Organismo autónomo (autonomous agency)
A public body with its own legal personality that manages its functions with some independence from the central administration.
Prestaciones por desempleo (unemployment benefits)
The money unemployed people receive while looking for work, commonly known in Spain as 'el paro'.

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

  1. Introduced25 July 2003Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted28 July 2003The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendments30 July 2003Groups propose changes.
  4. Committee16 September 2003A committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenary1 October 2003All 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senate16 October 2003The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOE27 November 2003It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 11 official steps on a timeline
Jul 2003Aug 2003Sept 2003Oct 200311. 25 July 2003: Presentación22. 28 July 2003: Comisión de Política Social y Empleo Publicación desde 28/07/2003 hasta 30/07/200333. 28 July 2003: Calificación44. 30 July 2003: Comisión de Política Social y Empleo Enmiendas desde 30/07/2003 hasta 20/09/200355. 16 September 2003: Comisión de Política Social y Empleo Mesa - Calificación desde 16/09/2003 hasta 16/09/200366. 16 September 2003: Comisión de Política Social y Empleo Debate de totalidad desde 16/09/2003 hasta 18/09/200377. 20 September 2003: Comisión de Política Social y Empleo Informe desde 20/09/2003 hasta 24/09/200388. 24 September 2003: Comisión de Política Social y Empleo Dictamen desde 24/09/2003 hasta 01/10/200399. 1 October 2003: Pleno Aprobación desde 01/10/2003 hasta 16/10/20031010. 16 October 2003: Senado desde 16/10/2003 hasta 27/11/20031111. 27 November 2003: Concluido - (Aprobado con modificaciones) desde 27/11/2003 hasta 08/01/2004

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

It was presented again:

Published in the BOE: Law 56/2003, of 16 December, on Employment.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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