{"id":234285,"date":"2021-02-07T06:49:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T11:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=234285"},"modified":"2021-02-07T06:49:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T11:49:53","slug":"cuba-eliminates-list-of-activities-allowed-in-the-private-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-eliminates-list-of-activities-allowed-in-the-private-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba eliminates list of activities allowed in the private sector"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cuban government eliminated the list of jobs established in the private sector and left only 124 limited or prohibited occupations, a long-awaited reform that opens the doors to the expansion of self-employment amid the island\u2019s economic crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

The decision had been announced last July <\/span>as part of a package of measures<\/span><\/a> to face the recession and the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, but it was not approved until this week by the Council of Ministers, according to a report published this Saturday by the <\/span>official daily <\/span>Granma<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis improvement\u2019s purpose is that self-employment continue to develop,\u201d said Cuban Minister of Labor and Social Security Marta Elena Feito, who recalled that the private sector employs 600,000 workers and represents 13% of the employed population.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 124 activities that the private sector will not be able to access have not been specified, but the elimination of the list of permitted occupations implies going from the 127 that were included in it to more than 2,000 included in the National Classifier of Economic Activities, the minister said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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