Radio Havana Cuba | They set new standards that order and develop private or independent employment in Cuba

Havana 10 Jul (RHC) The will of the Cuban government today favors the flexibilization and organization of private or independent work (TCP), revealed the Deputy Minister of Labor and Security social, Marta Elena Feitó.

statements made at a press conference at the headquarters of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, the official pointed out that, in order to promote progress in the development of the PCT, the Council of Ministers approved a series of decisions in accordance with this policy. The conceptualization of the Cuban model, emphasizes Prensa Latina.

The standards, published today in the Official Gazette Special Number 35 on his website, refine the provisions for this form of management and its control system, he said.

new regulatory framework, detailed the Deputy Minister, includes five decree-laws, a decree and 14 resolutions involving different state agencies such as the ministries of T Transport, Public Health, Industry, Culture, Finance and Prize and Institute of Physical Planning.

The measures, said Feitó, besides the satisfactory demands of the own workers of the sector, establish regulations to strengthen control at the municipal, provincial and national levels.

According to the official, with the reorganization, the 201 modalities for the TCP are grouped into 123, which reduces the bureaucratic and nuclear process under one license several related activities.

without increasing the tax burden of the worker nor removing any of the activities already approved.

On the contrary, and to meet several demands within the sector, new figures are created within this mode of management such as the activity of bars and recreation, the figure of the baker-sweetener and the lessor of vehicles, illustrated.

As part of the most significant novelties, Fei mentioned the possibility of renting legal entities for the owners and their ability to offer food with the permission of the health authorities.

Business owners are also empowered to delegate their duties to a hired worker prior to an extended absence; and causes and activities entitled to request a temporary suspension of activity are increased.

The application of the new provisions, whose entry into force will take place 150 days after their publication in the Official Journal, involves a training process for the agencies in charge of its implementation and for the actors PCT, Feitó informed.

After this period, he added, the delivery of the 27 terms of this form of management now suspended will be resumed.

1,456 self-employed, accounting for 13 percent of all employees in the country, reported the deputy minister.

(Granma)