The employers demand “stability” from the new Government and that it focuses on economic recovery. Foment del Treball describes the ERC-JxCat agreement as “good news” but calls for a “great country pact” to get out of the crisis.

Pimec criticizes that the “blockade” has lasted “too long” and demands to give priority to SMEs in the process of rebuilding the economy.

The most representative Catalan employers have described the agreement between ERC and JxCat as “good news” to undo the inauguration of Pere Aragonès , they have demanded that the new partners give total priority to economic recovery in their policies and to guarantee “stability” during the new term.

Foment del Treball and Pimec have spoken throughout the morning of this Monday on the entente for a coalition Government and have stressed that this allows to avoid the electoral repetition, but they have criticized that the situation of blockade during the last two months it has been “too long”.

The president of Foment, Josep Sánchez Llibre , has called for a “great country pact” to overcome the economic crisis and has urged the future ERC-JxCat Government to prioritize those public policies focused on economic recovery.

Sánchez Llibre has stressed that the consequences of the crisis will be “very important” and for this reason he has insisted on the need to have a “strong,” business friendly “Government” and in permanent contact with the employers’ associations and unions to avoid the “rupture of social cohesion “.

His Pimec counterpart, Antoni Cañete , has urged the partners to draw up new budgets as soon as possible, with “business sensitivity”, which provide direct aid for companies and to “legislate with the little ones in mind to make our economy big” .

Business organizations have also focused on the “good administration” of the European funds that the EU allocates to Spain to face the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic. And they have reached out to the new Government to support them and negotiate, together with the most representative unions, the measures for the economic reconstruction of the country.

The Hydrogen Valley project of Catalonia is already a reality. The plan, which provides for promoting technological and industrial infrastructures around this energy in Tarragona , has been presented this Friday.

The initiative is supported by some thirty public and private institutions that have presented at the Tarragona Conference Center with the signing of a collective memorandum. The Hydrogen Valley of CataloniaIt has been identified by the Generalitat as one of the 27 leading projects for economic recovery with the aim of deploying a hydrogen economy and society that achieves climate neutrality.

The agreement also aims to favor the access of projects associated with the Hydrogen Valley to European funds through the instruments made available from the Spanish Government.

The hydrogen is traditionally considered the perfect fuel since from the water can be used in internal combustion engine or a fuel cell to generate power.

This technology is based on the generation of hydrogen through electrolysis, which uses electrical current to separate hydrogen from oxygen in the water without emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. There are still some questions about the massive viability of green hydrogen due to its high cost of production.

The vice president of the Government, Pere Aragonès ; the ‘Minister’ of Company, Ramon Tremosa ; the presidents of Enagás and Repsol, Antoni Llardén and Antoni Brufau , respectively; the rector of the URV, María José Figueras ; the presidents of the Tarragona Chemical Business Association (AEQT) and the Port of Tarragona, Rubén Folgado and Josep Maria Cruset , respectively; the president of the Tarragona Provincial Council, Noemí Llauradó ; and the vice president of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area, Montserrat Ballarín .

Aragonès wanted to highlight the “firmness and determination” of the transforming project, which is not only for Tarragona, which is also crucial and exciting for the Catalonia of the future.

The project must ensure quality jobs, according to Aragonès, and ensure “the transformation that is needed” and with the ability to take advantage of European funds to reactivate strategic and future-oriented sectors. Basic principles such as energy saving and the circular economy are key in the future and hydrogen will play a clear role, according to Aragonès, in a decarbonized Europe and the reduction of emissions.

Tremosa has highlighted the relevance of European funds to promote economic recovery and reconvert the current industry. Tremosa has recognized the importance of the Administration, but above all of the companies to promote changes.

The role of Tarragona in the development of hydrogen as a source of energy is, according to the logical ‘minister’ given the current weight of the petrochemical complex on a European scale and having the appropriate means to advance in this field of great expectations.

The rector of the Rovira i Virgili University, María José Figueras, highlighted the transversality of a project. He considers that “the public-private joint leadership will promote the projects of the Valley and will make possible an industrial energy transition that generates a significant economic and social impact in the territory.”

The president of Enagás, Antonio Llardén, has stated that, “in line with Enagás’s commitment to decarbonization and the just transition, this agreement will serve to enhance the industrial and technological capabilities of the energy and industrial sectors of Catalonia, thanks to the development of a renewable hydrogen economy in accordance with the European and Spanish roadmaps “.

Llardén stressed the importance of “creating a market” for hydrogen, which will have a “key role · in his opinion from an industrial development perspective and is” a great candidate “to obtain European funds for its development.

Repsol President Antoni Brufau highlighted the public-private collaboration exemplified by the Hydrogen Valley project, in the idea of ​​achieving a “sustainable and competitive society”.

The vice president of the Metropolitan Area of ​​Barcelona, ​​Montserrat Ballarín, said that the project has a “special meaning” in a moment of pandemic, which forces to rethink the economic model. The just ecological transition should focus, according to Ballarín, on mobility and promote the hydrogen-based vehicle for public transport. Around fifty hydrogen buses are expected to circulate in the metropolitan area in the next few years.

For the mayor of Tarragona, Pau Ricomà, the Hydrogen Valley is key in a “foreseeable industrial reconversion” of the Tarragona area that will mean cuts in industrial employment in the area in the future.

He stressed the urgency of “drawing” a future that places the province as a “center of industrial and competitiveness in a sustainable sector for an area traditionally linked to the chemical and nuclear sector.” The president of the Tarragona Provincial Council, Noemí Llauradó, has highlighted the sum of efforts to develop an energy transition promoted by the local sphere.

A judge in Valencia guarantees that a single mother accumulates paternity and maternity leave. A judgment won by the lawyers of the CSIF union obliges Social Security to recognize two permits for a mother so as not to discriminate against her. The General Council of the Judiciary validated in February that the magistrates will apply this criterion and in Euskadi there is already a precedent.

The 16th social court of Valencia has recognized the right of a single mother to accumulate maternity and paternity leave . The magistrate’s decision seeks not to discriminate against the woman or her child, compared to families where two parents can access that right to be with their progeny. This has been made public by the CSIF union; who has advised the plaintiff against Social Security.

The General Council of the Judiciary validated in February of this year that the magistrates will apply this criterion and in Euskadi there is already a precedent in which the Superior Court of Justice of that community approved last October the accumulation of permits in such cases.

The judgment of the court of first instance recognizes the right of the mother to enjoy an additional eight weeks of leave after the birth of her child; that would be added to the 16 weeks that the mother already has recognized by law.

The court ruling considers that “if the benefit is denied to the beneficiary in the terms requested, there is a violation of the right to equality enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (…) inasmuch as the care, care and development the affected minor will suffer a clear reduction compared to what others in a similar situation will receive, framed within a two-parent family model “.

A judge in Valencia guarantees that a single mother accumulates paternity and maternity leave. A judgment won by the lawyers of the CSIF union obliges Social Security to recognize two permits for a mother so as not to discriminate against her. The General Council of the Judiciary validated in February that the magistrates will apply this criterion and in Euskadi there is already a precedent.

The 16th social court of Valencia has recognized the right of a single mother to accumulate maternity and paternity leave . The magistrate’s decision seeks not to discriminate against the woman or her child, compared to families where two parents can access that right to be with their progeny. This has been made public by the CSIF union; who has advised the plaintiff against Social Security.

The General Council of the Judiciary validated in February of this year that the magistrates will apply this criterion and in Euskadi there is already a precedent in which the Superior Court of Justice of that community approved last October the accumulation of permits in such cases.

The judgment of the court of first instance recognizes the right of the mother to enjoy an additional eight weeks of leave after the birth of her child; that would be added to the 16 weeks that the mother already has recognized by law.

The court ruling considers that “if the benefit is denied to the beneficiary in the terms requested, there is a violation of the right to equality enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (…) inasmuch as the care, care and development the affected minor will suffer a clear reduction compared to what others in a similar situation will receive, framed within a two-parent family model “.