The total number of fixed-term employees in public administrations increased again in 2021, the year the public sector entered a new, precarious frontier despite cutbacks in sectors such as health, where permanent employment increased. Higher education and research, in the opposite direction, strengthened the bonds in the long run.
At the end of December, there were a total of 90,910 fixed-term contracts in public administrations as a whole, an increase of 1,184 or 1.3% over the previous year, according to year-end statistics published by the Directorate General of Administration last week. and Public Employment (DGAEP).
The rise places the total number of risks in the public sector at the highest level in the entire statistical chain of public employment. This is happening for the third year in a row, since 2019, after the past two years, marked by a protracted process of regulating precarious relations in the civil service, have seen a decline in fixed-term contracts.
DGAEP data shows that nine out of ten fixed-term employees work in central management, with the health, education, higher education, and science and technology sectors focusing on the majority of fixed-term appointees. Actually, 70859.
However, for last year’s development, only higher education, science and technology contributed, which last December added up to 1,675 precarious jobs more than the previous year, an increase of 10.8%.
