The Minister of Social Security has announced the creation of a working group aimed at advancing the application of reduction coefficients for hotel chambermaids. This announcement, made at the CCOO headquarters in Palma, Mallorca, also includes efforts to incorporate these workers into the regulation of professional diseases.
The continuous efforts of CCOO (Comisiones Obreras), a major trade union in Spain, have led to this significant step, which is part of their overarching priority: ensuring that hotel chambermaids can retire in the best possible health and that this ordinary retirement can occur early.
CCOO has highlighted that the tasks performed by hotel chambermaids can be detrimental to their health if carried out without adequate preventive measures. The union has worked diligently in various forums to minimise the impact of these job functions on the health of workers, collaborating in every health and safety committee, workplace, and institution to achieve this goal.
“It is only fair that these professionals can retire with their health intact, as going to work should not pose a risk to their wellbeing,” stated a CCOO representative.
Furthermore, CCOO continues to demand that, within the framework of Social Dialogue, the agreements reached in the “National Commitment for Responsible Tourism” serve as the foundation for a new tourism law. This law should include, among other issues, measures for occupational risk prevention similar to those approved in other regions of Spain, addressing mental health and workload concerns to prevent these professionals from falling ill at work.
This announcement is seen as a significant milestone, and CCOO is committed to working within this group to ensure successful outcomes, maintaining the clarity and persistence they have demonstrated thus far.
