The Cabildo's Employment Area will begin "in the coming days" the implementation of two labor insertion service contracts, framed in the 2013 Employment Plan. In total, they will provide employment for five and six months to 26 long-term unemployed people or with all members of the family unit unemployed. These service contracts also represent an aid for the maintenance of activity and employment in the awarded companies, according to the Cabildo.
One of these contracts, whose work will consist of cleaning the island's coastline, has been awarded to the company Talher S.A. for an award budget of 109,465 euros and will employ 18 people for five months.
On the other hand, work will also begin on cleaning the surroundings of the Zonzamas Environmental Complex. This service contract has been awarded to the company Grevislan (Special Employment Center) for an amount of 58,293.35 euros. It will provide work for six months to eight people with disabilities and long-term unemployed.
Maintaining the productive fabric
The Vice President of the Cabildo and head of the Employment Area, Joaquín Caraballo, has expressed "his satisfaction" for the launch of two new contracts of the indirect job creation modality contemplated in the 2013 Employment Plan. "Contracts in which the Cabildo prioritizes the number of people who are hired over the price of the offers, since its main task is to help citizens cope with the difficulties involved in a situation of long-term unemployment or a family reality in which all members of the unit are without work", the councilor has highlighted.
Caraballo recalled that "this modality also helps to maintain the productive fabric through the awarded companies, which can also maintain the employment of those who make up their staff in this way." The councilor explained that as these are activities in which "men are traditionally employed", the Cabildo wanted to seek "a balance, demanding in the specifications that a minimum of 50 percent of the people hired are women".
