Dénia closes September with 366 more people unemployed

The end of the summer season has been especially noticeable in the unemployment data that the month of September has left in Dénia, where unemployment data has increased by 366 people. At the regional level, unemployment has increased by 1.014 people in the Marina Alta in the last month, adding a total of 14.518 people without jobs in the region.

By population, Dénia is the one that has suffered the most from this growth, followed by Calpe, with 217 new people registered on the Servef lists, and Xàbia, where the number of unemployed increased by 146 people.

But not all data are discouraging, because there are six municipalities in the region in which unemployment has fallen slightly. This is Sanet and Negrals (1 person), Benimeli, Ràfol and Tormos (2 people) and Orba and Pego (3 people in each).

In terms of sectors, the service sector has been the hardest hit with a loss of 976 jobs after the end of the summer, followed by people without economic activity, a figure that increased by 45 other people, and the sector industry 28 new affiliations unemployment.

Regarding new contracts totaling 3.069 337 of which were permanent and the remainder, 89%, temporary were signed.

For the union Comisiones Obreras these data are "important blow" generated a situation of job insecurity and tourist seasonalization, noting especially "abusive levels" of temporary contracts.