–The creation of a job loss insurance fund is an absolute priority for Tunisia, especially in this period of the COVID-19 pandemic ”, underlined Friday, Fathi Ben Ameur, chief of staff of the minister. social affairs.
He further added that the creation of a job loss insurance system was one of the main recommendations of the social contract concluded between the government, the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) and the Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA) on January 14, 2013.
Ben Ameur pointed out that the creation of the job loss insurance fund is a component of the Tunisian-German partnership project “alliance for economic development and employment / social dialogue” currently under study within the framework of a mixed technical commission.
In addition, he recalls that the health crisis has had significant repercussions on economic enterprises. They were forced to lay off workers.
In addition, the official recalled that the government has taken measures to help disaster-stricken businesses to cope with the fallout from the health crisis. While providing occasional financial aid to workers and artisans.
For his part, Lukas Bauer, in charge of the social dialogue project in Tunisia, underlined the importance of social dialogue within companies and between the different parts of production. And this especially in this period of transition and health crisis recommending the adaptation of the German experience of the job loss insurance fund to the Tunisian socio-economic context.
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