In the first ten months of this year, about four percent of Macao’s resident workforce found jobs through the Labour Affairs Bureau.
Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL)
Second labourer injured at Galaxy Macau Phase 4 construction site in Cotai. Labour Affairs Bureau officials undertake to punish employers if safety regulations broken.
Scheme extended until end of March 2023; Labour Affairs Bureau job fairs hampered by applicants’ lack of skills and knowledge.
Since start of pandemic in March 2020, Macao has shed 17% of its non-resident workforce, with almost 31,700 non-resident workers forced to leave the city after losing their jobs.
Chief Executive says government still mulling how relief will be distributed, acknowledges unemployment situation is ‘very serious’.
Officials promise to conduct investigations and inflict penalties on employer if law has been breached.
CE ensures employment for residents remains important but does not say non-resident workers should be fired or replaced by Macao residents.
Hetzer Siu Yu Hong, director of the Macau Special Olympics (MSO), Thursday urged the government to set up a productivity assessment system for employees with disabilities, in order for them to be paid a “reasonable” wage.
