Abstract

ELORZA GUERRERO, Fernando. Labour-legal aspects of gerontological care in Spain. Derecho glob. Estud. sobre derecho justicia [online]. 2023, vol.8, n.24, pp.223-263.  Epub Aug 18, 2023. ISSN 2448-5136.  https://doi.org/10.32870/dgedj.v8i24.597.

Gerontological care, like any professional activity, involves situations of conflict common to any employment relationship, which ultimately refer to the problems experienced by the care sector for the elderly in order to offer quality and sufficiently paid jobs. In this case, the focus is on three aspects that are considered of interest for these purposes: on the one hand, the workers' struggle for a fair salary; on the other, the legal conflict generated around the collective agreement applicable to multi-service companies operating in this sector; finally, the legal debate on the functions that are typical of the gerocultores. Being grateful for the intervention of the Supreme Court in the resolution of the last two issues mentioned, the dynamics of this sector allows us to conclude that there is still a long way to go to place it at the threshold of what can be considered as decent work Being grateful for the intervention of the Supreme Court in the resolution of the last two issues mentioned, the dynamics of this sector allows us to conclude that there is still a long way to go to place it at the threshold of what can be considered as decent work. In this sense, the improvement of labour standards in the sector seems to clearly have to go through, regardless of specific judicial resolutions, through a dynamic negotiation that sheds light on working conditions that are more in line with the aforementioned standard, especially in terms of salary.

Keywords : Labour relations; collective bargaining in the dependency sector; remuneration regime; functions of the geroculturers.