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Spanish Report on Care Workers’ Job Quality and Inclusive Working Conditions

  • Ferran Camas Roda
  • Andrea Cano Redondo
  • Anna Molina Garcìa
  • Marc Saez Zafra
  • Dolors Juvinyà Canal
  • Maria Antonia Barcelò Rado

The aim of the Spanish national report is to analyse job quality and inclusive working conditions of care workers in Spain. The report includes analysis of law and policy, labour market characteristics, and industrial relations, as well as analysis of the interplay between national law and EU/European and international law.

  • Keywords:
  • Care Workers,
  • Job Quality,
  • Working conditions,
  • Spanish Labour Law,
  • Labour Market,
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Ferran Camas Roda

University of Girona, France - ORCID: 0000-0002-6450-7869

Andrea Cano Redondo

University of Girona, Spain

Marc Saez Zafra

University of Girona, Spain

Dolors Juvinyà Canal

University of Girona, Spain

Maria Antonia Barcelò Rado

University of Girona, Spain

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Chapter Information

Chapter Title

Spanish Report on Care Workers’ Job Quality and Inclusive Working Conditions

Authors

Ferran Camas Roda, Andrea Cano Redondo, Anna Molina Garcìa, Marc Saez Zafra, Dolors Juvinyà Canal, Maria Antonia Barcelò Rado

Language

English

DOI

10.36253/979-12-215-0864-2.08

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Publication Year

2025

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© 2025 Author(s)

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CC BY 4.0

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CC0 1.0

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Book Title

CARE4CARE - We Care for Those Who Care - Vol. I

Book Subtitle

Care Work and Working Conditions: National Legal Frameworks and Comparative Insights

Editors

Maria Luisa Vallauri, William Chiaromonte

Peer Reviewed

Number of Pages

520

Publication Year

2025

Copyright Information

© 2025 Author(s)

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CC BY 4.0

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CC0 1.0

Publisher Name

Firenze University Press

DOI

10.36253/979-12-215-0864-2

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979-12-215-0863-5

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979-12-215-0864-2

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979-12-215-0865-9

Series Title

Studi sul lavoro di cura - Studies on Care Work

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