Zaev: It is important that the salary increases, but at the same time we should not lose our jobs

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It is important for us to follow the trends with unemployment, as well as increase investments, incomes, average and minimum wage. It is important to increase the salary, but it is important not to lose the jobs while increasing the salary. I expect this spring, if the economic trend continues like this, that many people who have lost their jobs on a net basis will be able to work immediately, ie to be employed, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev.

- A happy circumstance is the tool with 70, 80 percent of the people to go on forced leave, so they get some salary, they are not fired. Analyzes of such cases are rare, but it is really rare for someone to lose a job. If you look at the parameters from the Employment Agency there you will see that in certain periods 12, 15, 17, 22.000 appear, but immediately after that because the employment data are published next month for the one that happened, you will see that we immediately have engagement. In all the flexibility of the state system, according to the Law on Employment, it is clear that certain companies, citizens use the tool temporarily engaged for certain months, and from the next first begins a new contract for temporary engagement in the same or a suitable company. Today we have citizens who announce within three days that they are leaving the company because they have found another vacancy. What is also very important for us is to follow the whole trend from the Statistical Office, said Zaev to a journalist question after the meeting with the presidents of the Albanian opposition political parties, Alliance for Albanians and Alternative, Zijadin Sela and Afrim Gashi.

He adds that unemployment in the second quarter of 2020 rose to 16,7 percent, and was 16,1, to fall again to 16,5 percent in the third quarter, and reached 16,1 percent in the fourth quarter.

- We got a cumulative rate for 2020, 16,4, but we ended the year with 16,1 percent unemployed. These trends that we have now with increased investments, with increased incomes in the country with increased average salary in the country, with increased minimum wage in the country, I believe that it will be enough balance not to lose jobs. The sometimes increased minimum wage under the law, unfortunately, causes the dismissal of workers somewhere. And we will not allow that. Therefore, the Economic and Social Council discusses and to determine exactly the parameters by law, stressed the Prime Minister.

Today, he says, we have 15 272 denars minimum wage or 28 270 denars is the average salary in the country.

- It is important to increase the salary, but it is important not to lose the jobs while increasing the salary. I expect this spring if the economic trend continues like this, that many people who have actually lost their jobs on a net basis will be able to get a job immediately, ie to be employed. So the trend continues, if the way out of the crisis goes as in the first quarter, we announced the results, continued in this second, the first ten days are with a great result from April, in itself it means creating new jobs, raising wages and we will continue in that direction, because no matter how much help from the state every citizen wants to provide for himself. It is not a permanent solution for anyone to receive continuous assistance from the state, pointed out the Prime Minister Zoran Zaev.

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