One Million Employees Will Dismissed

Cuba announced it would lay off more than one million public sector employees in order to revive the economy. Half of public sector employment is covered in the next six months, or no later than March next year.Those laid off will be encouraged to open their own employment, or to join a private company that is no longer strictly controlled. Analysts say the plan is the biggest change in the private sector since the 1959 revolution.
Read more...Cuba's Communist government now controls almost all aspects of the country's economy and employs about 85% of total employment in this official. Official figures show there are 5.1 million workers throughout the Cuban official. If the plan of massive layoffs in the public sector has been established, one of every five Cuban workers lose jobs.'' Our country can not and should not keep company, loss of production, service sector and the sector is swallowing the budget with the cost and burden of economic losses,'' said the labor federation statement, which cited "the BBC".'' More work will be supplemented and expanded to other forms of employment are not provided by the state, including land rental, cooperative, and independent business, which absorb hundreds of thousands of workers in the next few years,'' the statement said.To create jobs for employees affected by layoffs, strict provisions against private firms will be relaxed and even more permits will be issued to those who open an independent business. Private companies will begin to be allowed to hire employees.Independent business owners will gain access to social security and be able to open bank accounts and even borrow money to expand its business. They also must pay a tax benefit and every person they hire. This provision could increase government revenue.Reporter "BBC" said Fernando Ravsberg in Havana Cuba in the public sector salaries are so low that many employees may have more luck by working independently. But he added that not all citizens have the skills and initiative to work independently.