This Thursday, the Minister of Labor and Social Security, Pablo Mieres, and the National Director of Employment, Daniel Pérez, held a meeting with members of the Maldonado Departmental Employment Committee. In order to learn about the main challenges facing the department in light of the proximity of the summer season and evaluate the implementation of specific employment policies for the tourism sector.
The meeting was held at the headquarters of the Liga de Fomento de Punta del Este, with the participation of the members of the committee who represent social organizations, both employers and workers, the Municipality of Maldonado and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. (MTSS).
Mieres explained that the meeting was held at the request of the aforementioned area, with the aim of evaluating, jointly, various problems of the department in relation to employment and the summer season.
He argued that a very good season is expected, according to the estimates of the operators. “Hopefully it will materialize, to achieve the effective reactivation of the tourism sector,” he said.
It also reported that Maldonado registers an unemployment rate of around 6%, while the national average is around 8.4%. Mieres also said that employment is expected to grow significantly in the summer.
