INTERNATIONAL Uruguay: Migration policy to flex to meet labour demand
28 March 2012
The labour minister Eduardo Brenta has said that the Uruguayan government is looking to alter its migration policies in a year where 25,000 new jobs are predicted.
Weds, 1 Feb 2012
The labour minister Eduardo Brenta has said that the Uruguayan government is looking to alter its migration policies in a year where 25,000 new jobs are predicted.
Brenta says that there is insufficient qualified workforce for these new jobs in the country, which is predicting a 4% growth in GDP in 2012 and is currently experiencing all-time low levels of unemployment.
The mean level of unemployment in 2011 was 6.2% – equal to 95,000 people – but has been as low as 5.5%, according to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MTSS)
The government will look to expatriates wishing to return to the country as well as migrants to fill the jobs, which will be advertised on the upcoming ‘Víatrabajo’ [Work route] website.
Other priorities for the Ministry in 2012 are including more young people and women in the workforce via the National Institute of Work and Professional Training, the latter as a result of the male employment rate being at an all-time high.
In 2011, MTSS says, real salaries in Uruguay increased by 4.5%, the highest in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The labour minister Eduardo Brenta has said that the Uruguayan government is looking to alter its migration policies in a year where 25,000 new jobs are predicted.
Brenta says that there is insufficient qualified workforce for these new jobs in the country, which is predicting a 4% growth in GDP in 2012 and is currently experiencing all-time low levels of unemployment.
The mean level of unemployment in 2011 was 6.2% – equal to 95,000 people – but has been as low as 5.5%, according to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MTSS)
The government will look to expatriates wishing to return to the country as well as migrants to fill the jobs, which will be advertised on the upcoming ‘Víatrabajo’ [Work route] website.
Other priorities for the Ministry in 2012 are including more young people and women in the workforce via the National Institute of Work and Professional Training, the latter as a result of the male employment rate being at an all-time high.
In 2011, MTSS says, real salaries in Uruguay increased by 4.5%, the highest in Latin America and the Caribbean.
