Confebask calls for a "country pact" to improve business competitiveness
The Basque employers have refused to "close their eyes" to absenteeism and have put on the table a review of the remuneration received for temporary incapacity.
Confebask's president, Tamara Yagüe, on the way out of the annual general council meeting.
Confebask, President of Confebask, Tamara Yague, has called for shared responses and a "country pact" to improve business competitiveness, especially in industry.
Yagüe, who appeared before the press at the end of the annual General Council meeting in Bilbao, said that the economic context "is very tight" and although Euskadi "continues to grow", the balance sheet "has clear and dark sides".
According to its forecasts, this year the Basque economy will grow by about 1.9%, the lowest of the range of options expected; it says that the industry is not in recession but is in a "significant stagnation."
Confebask calls for a "country pact" to improve business competitiveness
Confebask has once again pointed out as one of the main concerns of employers the absences, that "closing your eyes" to absenteeism is not an option according to employers, and has advocated a review of the remuneration received in cases of temporary incapacity, considering that those approved 20 or 30 years ago have become obsolete.