• The number of workers affected by a collective dismissal fell by 78.9% in September compared to the same month of the previous year, down to 992 affected, according to provisional data from the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy

Along with this, there were 44.5% fewer workers affected by contract suspensions, down to 6,025, and 28.9% fewer affected by working hour reductions, with 199 workers. In total, 7,216 workers were affected by an Employment Regulation Procedure (ERE) in September, 54.4% fewer than in the ninth month of the previous year.

Of the total number of workers who were under an ERE in September 2025, 10.3% (740) were affected by a procedure originating from force majeure causes, while 89.7% (6,476) were affected by regulation procedures derived from economic, technical, organizational, and production causes (ETOP). The former multiplied by eight, while those caused by ETOP reasons fell by 58.9%.

The Ministry recalls that when a procedure affects several work centers located in different provinces, one procedure per province is computed in the statistics. In addition, if a company reports affected workers in different months, one procedure is computed for each month.

EREs FALL IN ALL ACTIVITY SECTORS

Workers affected by an ERE in September fell across all sectors, with the highest decreases in agriculture, where they fell by 66.7%, down to 18 affected, and in services, where they decreased by 59.8%, down to 2,307 workers.

On their part, those affected in industry fell by 51.7%, totaling 4,746 workers, and in construction 145 affected were recorded (-32.9%).

COLLECTIVE DISMISSALS RISE IN AGRICULTURE AND CONSTRUCTION

Those affected by collective dismissals fell by 82.9% in services, with 760 affected, and in industry by 30.8%, recording 146 affected workers. On the opposite side, they advanced in agriculture, where they almost multiplied by three, up to 13 affected, and in construction, as they increased by 46% (73 affected).

For their part, those affected by contract suspensions increased by 22.8% in services and fell in the rest of the activities: agriculture (-88.6%); industry (-52.9%) and construction (-23.4%).

Those affected by working hour reductions only advanced in industry (+27.5%), while they fell in the rest of the activities: 100% in both agriculture and construction, and 25.9% in services.

MADRID, THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY WITH THE MOST AFFECTED BY AN ERE

By autonomous communities, Madrid was the one that concentrated the most workers affected by an ERE in September in absolute values, with 3,231. It is followed by Andalusia (871 workers) and Catalonia (634 workers).

However, Cantabria was where the number of affected workers increased the most in relative values in September, after multiplying by more than two, reaching 122 affected.

Source: EuropaPress