{"id":157729,"date":"2026-09-04T09:23:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/contratacion-indefinida-balears-agosto-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T09:27:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:27:28","slug":"contratacion-indefinida-balears-agosto-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/contratacion-indefinida-balears-agosto-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Balearic Islands lead Spain in permanent contracts at 62.5%, almost double the national average"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"402\"><strong data-start=\"88\" data-end=\"126\">Permanent contracts in the Balearic Islands<\/strong> accounted for <strong data-start=\"148\" data-end=\"180\">62.5% of all contracts<\/strong> in <strong>August<\/strong>, putting the archipelago <strong>at the top of the ranking in Spain<\/strong> and almost <strong>double the national average<\/strong> of <strong>38.5%<\/strong>. The labour market also ended the month with <strong data-start=\"344\" data-end=\"371\">25,706 people unemployed<\/strong>, <strong>1% fewer<\/strong> than a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"402\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152411 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cocineros.webp\" alt=\"permanent contracts in the Balearic Islands\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"402\">In this regard, the regional minister for <strong>Treball, Funci\u00f3 P\u00fablica i Di\u00e0leg Social (Employment, Civil Service and Social Dialogue)<\/strong>, <strong>Catalina Cabrer<\/strong>, highlighted the <strong>evolution of the Balearic labour market<\/strong>. &#8220;We are <strong>leaders in permanent contracts<\/strong> and are almost double the average for Spain as a whole&#8221;, she said during the presentation of the latest labour market report.<\/p>\n<h2>Unemployment falls by 1% in the Balearic Islands<\/h2>\n<p>The number of unemployed people stood at <strong>25,706<\/strong>, 262 fewer than in August last year. However, the trend varied from island to island.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Menorca recorded the largest fall in unemployment, down 6.1%<\/strong>. It was followed by Mallorca (-0.8%) and Eivissa (-0.4%). Formentera was the only island where unemployment increased, with 10 more people out of work, a rise of 14.5%.<\/p>\n<p>There was also a notable reduction in <strong>long-term unemployment, which fell by almost 20%<\/strong>. The Conselleria de Treball, Funci\u00f3 P\u00fablica i Di\u00e0leg Social linked this trend, among other factors, to SOIB programmes such as the Plan de Seguimiento Intensivo (SI) del Empleo (Intensive Employment Monitoring Plan).<\/p>\n<p>By group, unemployment fell particularly among <strong>EU foreign nationals (-5.7%)<\/strong>, followed by people aged over 25 (-1.8%) and women (-1.3%).<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, unemployment increased by <strong>6.5% among those under 25<\/strong>. The rise was even greater among non-EU foreign nationals, with a year-on-year increase of <strong>33.9%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Social Security registrations rise 4% to more than 693,000<\/h2>\n<p>Social Security registrations also continued to show positive growth. The Balearic Islands recorded <strong data-start=\"492\" data-end=\"513\">693,812 registered workers<\/strong>, <strong>26,872 more<\/strong> than a year earlier. This represented a <strong>year-on-year increase of 4%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the number of <strong>self-employed workers<\/strong> registered with Social Security reached <strong>110,124<\/strong>, representing 15.9% of registered employment in the islands.<\/p>\n<p>The number of self-employed workers increased by <strong>2,779 compared with August 2025 (+2.6%)<\/strong>. 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