The Canary Islands Government will cover the cost of Social Security for the first year for caregivers hired by self-employed workers to care for children or dependents, its vice president, Manuel Domínguez, announced this Tuesday.
Looking ahead to the current year 2025, "for self-employed workers who want to hire someone to care for their children or dependents, the Canary Islands Government will pay the Social Security of those workers for the first year," he announced.
Regarding the reduction of the working day that the Council of Ministers plans to approve this Tuesday, Domínguez estimated that "it must be linked to the improvement of productivity" because, otherwise, it will generate in the islands "a high risk of failure of the activity of the microenterprise, which is what maintains its economic system."
These statements were offered before inaugurating a conference on 'The role of women in the Canary Islands industry'. The regional Minister of Economy, Industry, Commerce and Self-Employed also reported that the islands are the Spanish region with the worst rate of female participation in the world of industry, at 2.1%, so his government "has an arduous task to balance the scales."
To this end, it has defined objectives, the first of which is "not to look for culprits, but to act", because this will have an impact on the diversification of the island economy.
In addition, the Canary Islands Executive plans to reinforce "pedagogy" in this regard, promoting trades in schools and highlighting the stability and better working conditions offered by the industry, compared to other more unstable sectors.
"We must blur that old image that industry is linked to physical effort, to sacrifice. Today industry is not a ship that expels smoke, but something else, and we must raise awareness of its importance," he said.
To encourage the participation of women in industry, the Canary Islands plans to "reduce taxes for companies that involve women more, and those that carry out family reconciliation measures will also have tax benefits," he guaranteed,
