Dominicans that make up the largest number of foreign domestic workers in Spain are the main beneficiaries of a series of improvements in working conditions announced in Spain. The Spanish labor authorities extended to domestic workers benefits regarding work stoppage, legal firing, and more.
For years, Spanish legislation had excluded domestic workers from unemployment benefits, contrary to European Union law.
Hundreds of thousands of Dominicans migrated to Spain, finding jobs in households. These women then send back remittances to their families in the Dominican Republic.
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El Pais
El Pais
8 September 2022