{"id":206401,"date":"2019-09-22T18:28:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T22:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=206401"},"modified":"2019-09-22T18:28:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T22:28:50","slug":"cuba-bets-on-telecommuting-in-the-face-of-temporary-energy-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-bets-on-telecommuting-in-the-face-of-temporary-energy-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba bets on telecommuting in the face of “temporary” energy crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuba is betting on telecommuting in the face of the <\/span>energy crisis<\/span><\/a> the island is presently experiencing, which the government affirms is a “temporary.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS) Employment Director Jes\u00fas Otamendiz defended the use of this form of work, also called distance work, for being “flexible” and “beneficial,” and said that it is a labor modality that has legal support on the island, although he did not provide data on how many Cuban workers already use it or would use it in the current scenario.<\/span><\/p>\n

In an <\/span>interview<\/span><\/a> with the Cuban News Agency (ACN)<\/em>, the official explained that “the legal norm supports this modality based on the contract established between worker and employer, which establishes, among other aspects, that the place from where the activity is carried out is agreed between the parties.”<\/span><\/p>\n

In his opinion, it is a beneficial “alternative” because it avoids workers having to travel to their workplace and “unexcused absences and late arrivals” disappear, while for employers “the costs associated with food, transportation, electricity, water, among other services, are reduced.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Otamendiz also deemed that telecommuting is “a flexible way of working,” because “it can be carried out full-time or part-time” and “in all cases the salary is paid according to the payment method established by the worker for the work performed.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The director of employment of the MTSS clarified that in this case the schedule is understood, not as the traditional one for office work hours, but for real work, while he affirmed that “the fundamental thing in this process” is that “the heads of the entities, of human resources, and immediate superiors plan and control well.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“The first thing is to review the work and rest regimen and evaluate which is the best solution, so that the times for entry, exit or lunch can be shifted,” he said and added that this will give people the possibility “of continuing to work and collecting their full salary, as long as the established work and rest regimen is observed, which is 40 to 44 hours per week.”<\/span><\/p>\n

D\u00edaz-Canel insiste en recuperar medidas del Per\u00edodo Especial<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n