The number of workers in unemployment insurance was reduced in February and “a situation of stability is evident,” according to the Minister of Labor and Social Security, Pablo Mieres, when presenting official data.
In total, there are 45,500 people who are in this condition, about 1,500 less than last January. “The trend is positive and is aligned with the record of workers affiliated to the Social Security Bank (BPS)”, Mieres highlighted.
The leader pointed out at a press conference that the reduction of workers in unemployment insurance occurred because “in January they always increase due to an issue.” “zafral” and assessed that, in the comparison with February 2023, “it is practically the same number.”
On the other hand, he recalled that, although the average of Uruguayans in this condition was 43,000 last year, “there will surely be a reduction over the course of the year” to maintain that stability.
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Formality and employment
In turn, Mieres assessed that there is “a positive trend” linked to the increase in formality. “It is talking about rights, contributions to retirement, of the right to unemployment insurance, to the subsidy for disease”, the hierarch highlighted and said that this “evidence that the jobs created in this period are of quality.
Along these lines, he highlighted the government’s achievement of generating a greater number of jobs and predicted that “if the economy grows, as expected, around 3%, the number of available jobs will continue to increase.”
Finally, the minister dedicated a paragraph to the evolution of the wages. “The average of purchasing power It is above the levels of 2019, the year before the pandemic. “That is the reality, the objective data,” he noted.
Thus, Mieres said that the national administration is fulfilling the commitment assumed in 2020 in the Tripartite Superior Council, to improve salaries once the economy progressed again. For this reason, he urged “to continue working so that they are maintained and grow more.”
Embed – Statements by the Minister of Labor and Social Security, Pablo Mieres
Source: Ambito