Mallorca hotel cleaners’ early retirement under review

In Palma, Mallorca, activist Madó Farta holds up a sign calling for hotel cleaners to retire early. Spain’s inclusion, social security and migration minister, Elma Saiz, meets her outside the Comisiones Obreras union office on Monday and says the government will study the physical toll of cleaners’ work. The review could help determine whether the workers, known as “Kellys”, can retire early.

The physical toll comes first

A newly formed group drawn from several ministries will examine the cleaners’ health problems and whether they should count towards early retirement. Its first task also looks at how demanding work affects women, particularly in jobs where women make up a large share of the workforce.

Work-linked injuries could join official list

Saiz says an urgent proposal to add cleaners’ conditions to the list of occupational diseases will go out for public consultation on Tuesday. Spain’s Council of Ministers approved the fast-track process last week.

Once that process is complete, conditions affecting the wrist, elbow and forearm will join the list if they are directly linked to cleaners’ daily work.

Topics: Jobs & labour · Politics · Palma

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com