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Social Judicial Affairs. Matters resolved. By type of demand. Provinces

Social courts. Matters resolved. By type of demand. Provinces 2016
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Collective conflicts 237 13 16 35 301 3,053 9.9
Individual conflicts 30,636 2,708 1,561 3,394 38,299 249,908 15.3
Dismissals 15,053 1,397 692 1,483 18,625 101,477 18.4
Work contracts 15,583 1,311 869 1,911 19,674 148,431 13.3
Social Security benefits 12,630 860 519 1,406 15,415 90,818 17.0
Total matters resolved 43,503 3,581 2,096 4,835 54,015 343,779 15.7
Source: Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social Security.

Last update: May 10, 2017.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Social courts
Judicial bodies with competence for labour issues and Social Security in a provincial or inter-provincial area. The affairs these resolve can be classed as collective conflicts, individual conflicts and Social Security conflicts.

Methodological aspects

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".