The labor cost of companies increased by 4.7% between January and March compared to the same period in 2021 and stood at 2,729.01 euros per worker and month, accumulating five quarters on the rise.

According to the Quarterly Labor Cost Survey (ETCL), published today by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the increase in labor cost was due to the greater number of hours worked, since the reduction in time not worked by ERTE com