Fuerteventura to Open SEMAC Office with Daily Service Monday‑Friday

The new headquarters, located on Antonio Jorge Street in Puerto del Rosario, will cover more than 300 sqm, include training rooms and conciliation spaces, and will end the previous model that required staff to travel from other islands.

New SEMAC Office

Fuerteventura will, in the coming months, open a new office of the Service of Mediation, Arbitration and Conciliation (SEMAC) on Antonio Jorge Street in Puerto del Rosario, with an investment of €80,000. The main innovation is that the office will provide continuous service five days a week, abandoning the previous ad‑hoc model that depended on staff travelling from other islands. SEMAC is the body that intervenes in labor disputes between workers and companies before they reach the courts, handling matters such as dismissals and wage claims. The new office will eliminate the need for personnel to travel from elsewhere.

According to the Ministry of Tourism and Employment, the new premises will exceed 300 sqm and will feature training classrooms, offices for conciliators, workers and companies, as well as spaces prepared to incorporate tele‑conciliation in the future to speed up procedures.

Official Visit

The fitting‑out works were inspected by the Vice President of the Government of the Canary Islands and Minister of Economy, Industry, Trade and Self‑Employment, Manuel Domínguez, together with the Minister of Tourism and Employment, Jéssica de León, and the Director General of Labour, José Ramón Rodríguez.

Jéssica de León said the relocation will improve SEMAC’s current facilities, where arbitrations, conciliations and mediations between companies and workers take place, and emphasized that the new space will answer a historic demand of the island.

Manuel Domínguez highlighted that it is essential to bring Canary public administration closer to citizens, especially in services related to labor mediation and conciliation.

José Ramón Rodríguez added that the works also respond to a long‑standing request from professional associations of social graduates and lawyers, who had been demanding improvements to facilities he described as “small, uncomfortable and inaccessible.”