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Spanish workers’ reported satisfaction with their work has been steadily increasing since 1999, according to the 2004 Spanish survey on quality of life in the workplace. In 2004, the general satisfaction level reached an average of 6,8 on a scale from 0 to 10. Around 77% of Spanish workers are satisfied or very satisfied with the health an safety conditions in their workplaces; only 6% of workers report these conditions as unsatisfactory or very unsatisfactory.
Some 79% of Spanish people in work are satisfied or very satisfied with their physical work environment, whereas only 5,3% report being dissatisfied or very dissatisfied. Half of all workers report a work environment that supports work improvements, while 20% find a discouraging work environment. Some 13% of workers state that they always or very often work in dangerous conditions. The most dangerous sectors include extractive industries, fishing and construction (49%, 37% and 29,2% of these workers state that they always or very often work in dangerous conditions). Around 73 % of those workers in dangerous conditions always or very frequently protect themselves against risks, compared with 7% who never or hardly ever do so. More than two thirds (68%) of Spanish workers receive information on labour risks from the company or find it themselves, while 12% never or hardly ever have access to such information.
Stress is a concern for Spanish workers. The average level of stress at work is 4,5 points on a scale from 0 to 10, where 29% of Spanish workers state that they are always or very often in stressful situations, compared with 38,9% who never or very seldom suffer from stress at work. The groups particularly affected by stress include men, university holders, public sector employees, people employed in the financial sector, and those working in large companies.
The 2004 Survey on quality in the workplace is the sixth edition of a survey carried out on annual basis by the Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
The optimistic results of the survey of the Ministry of Labour contrast with those of the fifth Spanish survey on working conditions, recently published by the Spanish Institute for Health and Safety at work. This survey reports that 74% of Spanish workers state that their work environment presents a hazard.
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