The plan envisages the creation of 80,000 jobs, always “of quality and in conditions enabling the full social and labor integration of all people”.
The Basque government has adopted the new Strategic Employment Plan contribute to the “socio-economic boost” of the Basque Autonomous Community after the pandemic. The Minister of Labor and Employment and Deputy Lehendakari, Idoia Mendiapresented the general outline of the plan in the press conference after the Board of Directors.
Mendia explained that the new plan for the 2021-2024 legislature aims to: Creating 80,000 jobsbut his challenge is that this “quality” and “in conditions that enable the full social and labor inclusion of all people”. The executive will allocate 2,071 million euros for this purpose. The ultimate goal is to stabilize the unemployment rate below 10%.
In the words of the minister, in order to achieve high-quality employment, account must be taken of equal access to work, reducing the pay gap, ensuring decent wages and increasing the number of permanent contracts. “We’re going to work on that over the next four years,” he said.
It is also proposed to support 23,000 companies, improve the employability of 52,000 workers and requalify 48,000 unemployed.
In the presentation, the Institute mentioned the path to “a new social contract” for which three transitions have already been set in motion: “digital, energy-climatic and demographic”. Likewise, he has also taken into account the “threat” of war in Ukraine when plotting the path to the new situation.
The government will start drafting the Basque Labor Law along with the adoption of the new employment plan. The qualitative objectives indicated in the presentation are framed in this context: reducing temporary agency work, undesirable bias and accidents at work; promote gender equality and youth employment; reduce long-term unemployment and support employment and training for the employed and unemployed.
Before the new plan was drawn up, the Ministry of Labor and Employment carried out a diagnosis of the labor market. Some of the negative aspects identified are temporariness, “bad jobs”, youth unemployment and the “chronification” of unemployment. However, in the Basque Country, according to this analysis, there is a solid business structure and a high level of general qualification.
Source: EITB
I’m Wayne Wickman, a professional journalist and author for Today Times Live. My specialty is covering global news and current events, offering readers a unique perspective on the world’s most pressing issues. I’m passionate about storytelling and helping people stay informed on the goings-on of our planet.
