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

Social courts. Matters resolved. By type of demand. Provinces 2019
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Collective conflicts 226 18 3 20 267 2,031 13.1
Individual conflicts 30,409 2,538 1,082 3,320 37,349 252,753 14.8
Dismissals 16,392 1,212 546 1,712 19,862 108,698 18.3
Work contracts 14,017 1,326 536 1,608 17,487 144,055 12.1
Social Security benefits 11,302 930 385 1,407 14,024 84,324 16.6
Total matters resolved 41,937 3,486 1,470 4,747 51,640 339,108 15.2
Source: Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social Security.

Last update: March 4, 2021.

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 "..".