Last September, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuong, a native of Tuyen Quang, a worker at Thang Long Industrial Park, Hanoi decided to quit her job and return to her hometown after more than a month of Hanoi implementing social distancing to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic. -19.
Returning to her hometown to avoid the epidemic, Thuong opened a food stall at a market near her house to earn an income to cover her living. Just quickly arrange each bunch of vegetables on the stall.
Ms. Thuong has just confided: "At that time, I could work a few days a week with social distancing, and the salary was lower, but I still had to buy living expenses, meals, and accommodation every day. then everything went up in price… So I went back to my hometown, went to the market to buy and sell vegetables to have money to cover my living, but it was fine, because the cost of living in the countryside was low, so I didn't have to rent a house, so I don't work anymore."
In the same situation, Mr. Tran Hong Quan, a native of Bac Giang, after nearly 5 years of working as a worker at Thach That Industrial Park, Hanoi, also decided to quit his job because his job was unstable and his salary was not enough to support his family. small family.
Mr. Quan said: "The epidemic affected orders, and the company did not have enough raw materials for production, so I had to take a break from work, so I went back to my hometown for Tet holiday, then quit. I applied for a delivery at a local restaurant. food stores, have time to receive orders to ship goods from outside, in general, the work is comfortable, the salary is also more stable than being a worker."
These are just two of the hundreds of thousands of workers who quit their jobs and did not return to work at the enterprise. Each person has a different reason, but after a period of time off from the business, returning to their hometown, they found a new job in their hometown.
Although the number of employees in the first months of this year increased again with 50 million people employed.
According to statistics of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the labor market in the first months of this year has shown signs of prosperity, in localities, the recruitment demand of enterprises is nearly 1.3 million workers. . However, there is still a shortage of local workers in some areas and regions, with about 120,000 workers. This shortage of workers is mainly unskilled workers.
The main reason is that many workers choose to settle in their hometown and do not return to the workplace; prices of food, housing in the workplace soar; The company's policies to attract and recruit employees are not attractive at the moment.
According to Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Van Thanh, in order to overcome the labor shortage in some key economic areas, it is necessary to continue to have policies to directly support workers. connecting labor supply and demand between localities.
"I think it is necessary to implement a policy to support rent for workers in a timely and right manner to attract workers back to the market. Organize information coordination between localities and within the industry. Support workers to return to work Create conditions for workers to move, support initial living costs for workers to attract and support foreign workers to return to the labor market Labor" - Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Van Thanh emphasized.
However, some experts said that in the first months of the year, there was a shortage of simple workers, because a large number of workers were infected with Covid-19 at the same time, some workers stayed at home. take care of children when the school is not open. Currently, businesses mainly lack skilled workers. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on training workers with vocational skills to supply businesses in key economic regions, select occupations at risk of shortage for training...
General Secretary of the Vietnam Federation of Trade and Industry Tran Thi Lan Anh affirmed: "Up to this point, enterprises have a shortage of 10%-20% of employees, mainly a lack of skilled workers. Enterprises want to retain this laborer by increasing wages after Tet by 5-8%. At the same time, there are allowances for petrol and lunch, especially for senior employees to have skilled labor. , has received a lot of training continue to work with the business".
Mentioning low wages but high costs at work, especially housing costs, said Mr. Ngo Duy Hieu, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, although some localities Measures have been taken to improve the living and working conditions of workers in the hostels, but basic and long-term solutions are needed on housing policies for workers to attract workers back to work. .
According to Mr. Ngo Duy Hieu: "I think it is necessary to issue policies to attract laborers to work in key economic regions, including housing policies. Through Covid-19, we see that housing is a This is a very important issue. Recently, the rental price has increased again, people told them not to rent for many months, so now they have to increase the general price, so some workers are afraid, so this policy is very important. Besides, the place to live and study for their children, especially public schools, to reduce the cost of sending their children."
Wages and incomes to ensure the lives of workers and their families are one of the bases to attract workers to return to work in key economic regions. policies to improve income for workers. Recently, the National Wage Council has "fixed" the plan to increase the regional minimum wage by 6%, so the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs should soon submit to the Government a draft resolution on the regional minimum wage. Thereby helping to improve the living standards of low-income people and unskilled workers, ensuring the rights of workers as well as businesses, and minimizing labor shortages in key economic zones. now./.
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