Contract Types

As it corresponds to a modern economy, the Basque Country has a great variety of contracting methods and aids, depending on the modality chosen. The information in the following lines intends to provide a first contact with the system. Contact SPRI to obtain further information about available public aids, info@spri.es. [move up]

Intermediary Companies

The Basque Government has a series of services in order to facilitate the orientation for employment.

• Egailan, S.A.: is a Public Association for Training and Employment. Its main commitment is the management of the active policies for training and employment and their diffusion, promotion, implementation and assessment.
• Langai: on the other hand, is the Employment Service started up by the Basque Government and managed by the above mentioned company. The service is offered to those companies that are interested in covering work positions and to the people who are looking for a job.
• Lanbide.net: is managed by Egailan; it is a web site where different services, such as self-employment, job supply and demand, labour consultancy, statistics, training (courses, grants, masters ...) are offered.
• Hobetuz: is an on going vocational training organization, focusing its special attention on the SMEs and on the implementation of on- going training. Its mission is to assume the management of ongoing training and the responsibility for promoting it among companies, workers and educational centres with the maximum effectiveness. Besides the above mentioned agents, there are other Temporary Help Contractors operating in the Basque Country, such as Adeco, Alta Gestión, Brok. Tel, B&T Asociados, Denbolan, Ercisa, Flexiplan, Manpower, Laborman, Lan Egin, People, Randstad, Vedior,etc. [move up]

Trade Union Representatives

In the Basque Country there are several trade unions. Some of them participate in all the sectors, and others, on the contrary, only in certain activities.

• ELA-STV: operates in all the economic scopes and it is one of the strong unions in the Basque Country.
  
  
• LAB: is also present in the relevant economic scopes.
  
  
• CCOO and UGT: are the strongest unions in the Spanish State and they take part in all activity sectors in the Basque economy. There are also other trade unions rooted in certain areas: EHNE is a union for farmers, SATSE is a union for health professionals, STEE-EILAS, for teachers, ERNE for the Basque autonomous police, etc.
  
  The Labour Relations Council includes representatives of the different employer’s associations and the most significant unions, and being an organ for encounters, it fosters agreements between the parts, both at a general level and in determined collective negotiations. It also draws up unitary proposals on labour matters to the Basque Government. [move up]