More than 400 employers have applied for subsidies under the government’s plan to encourage the hiring of local workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Luo Ping, deputy chairman of the Central District Social Services Advisory Committee, quoted a Department of Labor (DSAL) official who said about 870 employees were involved.
The application period for the temporary subsidy scheme has been extended until March 31 next year, and employers will receive a lump-sum payment of MOP19,968 for each unemployed local resident employed.
Luo was speaking yesterday after the commission held a closed-door meeting with DSAL officials at the Patan Activity Center.
Fellow committee member Tai Ka Peng emphasized that the department has launched a job matching service to tackle the problem of unemployment.
Citing DSAL officials, Tai said that in the first eight months of the year, 4,342 applicants for regular employment assistance services attended job interviews, of which 1,148 passed the interviews, and 1,148 of them passed the interviews in construction, catering and security. and said cleaning, transportation and retail sectors were involved.
According to DSAL officials, 38 matching sessions for hiring specialists in various fields were held from January to August, of which 1,343 applicants participated in interviews, of which 728 were successful. .
The agency is working with six gaming operators in Macau (SJM, Galaxy, Venetian Macau, Melco, Wynn and MGM) to organize monthly matching sessions for interviews, Tai said, adding that the first Over 8 months, 39 matching sessions were held and 453 of the more than 4,000 interviewees were successful.
Tai also said the department has been posting job ads on the government’s Macau One account since January, with 7,190 job seekers interviewed, 537 of whom passed through the platform. . However, when it came to a large job fair held jointly by the Bureau and the private sector in April, only 639 out of 4,222 people were successfully interviewed, so the matching rate was “less than ideal.”
The bureau said Mr. Tai said job applicants had failed interviews due to lack of skills and knowledge, including lack of language proficiency, in addition to rejecting job opportunities offered to them.
Tai said DSAL officials will begin more language skills training for employees in the future, the Macau Post Daily reported.
