The Zaragoza City Council must compensate an administrative assistant with 66,468 euros, who worked for 24 years at a municipal center without ever becoming a permanent employee. The ruling from the Social Court number 3 recognizes the abuse of temporary hiring and obliges the City Council to repair the damage caused by this prolonged situation.
Technology does not solve municipal job insecurity 🤖
While the Zaragoza City Council implements digital management systems and electronic administration platforms to optimize processes, the ruling shows that automation does not resolve human resources problems. The use of temporary contracts for 24 years reveals structural flaws in workforce planning that management software cannot fix on its own.
24 years of probation: the longest temporary contract in history ⏳
The worker has broken the record for a probationary period in public administration. If it had been an IT project, it would have been in beta phase for 24 years without updating to a final version. The City Council, instead of hiring permanently, chose to renew a temporary contract like someone extending the warranty on an appliance until the device retires on its own.