Labour precariousness in Spanish tourism from a gender perspective

Abstract

The good moment of the Spanish tourist sector has not prevented it from being characterised by its temporality, complex working hours or a high turnover of staff. Female workers continue to endure job insecurity, traditional gender jobs and few possibilities for professional advancement. Therefore, this article aims to find out to what extent gender inequality continues in the working conditions of the Spanish tourist workforce, between the years 2008 and 2017 according to the type of working day, the labour segregation or the salaries received. To this end, an analysis of the main secondary data in the same period and a review of the specialized literature about the Spanish tourist labour market from a gender perspective were carried out. It was concluded, among others, that gender inequalities in the tourism sector persist as women workers continue to receive lower salary than their peers and concentrating more than 70% of part time contracts at any time during these ten years.