出版社：International Bank for Reconstruction and Development;; World Bank
摘要：In Venezuela workers fear promotion. A recent law prohibits
businesses from firing anyone who earns less than
1.5 times the minimum wage. Creative employers have
found a way around this—they promote workers, give
them higher wages and then fire them.
But many small businesses cannot afford this tactic.
Ignacia runs a dairy business in Caracas with 20 workers.
A shift in demand toward organic products means
that she needs only 15. “If I could release 5 workers
now, within a year I could purchase new machines and
start selling organic food. Then I could expand to serve
other customers and hire a dozen new workers. But the
current law doesn’t allow any of this. I am not hiring
anyone.” Unemployment in the country is rising.
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