{"id":6089,"date":"2012-10-12T10:16:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T15:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=6089"},"modified":"2012-10-12T10:16:26","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T15:16:26","slug":"call-for-more-foreign-labor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/call-for-more-foreign-labor\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for More Foreign Labor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/semi-professional-workers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6090\" title=\"semi-professional workers\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/semi-professional-workers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/semi-professional-workers.jpg 350w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/semi-professional-workers-300x126.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Panama the labor law allows for only 10% of the labor force in a  company to be a foreigners, a limitation which is threatening the  country&#8217;s competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p>In the forum \u2018Growth and Risk of Panama\u2019s Economic Future\u2019, organized by the Chamber of Commerce and the British Embassy,  the consensus was that Panama could lose its competitiveness if its  human capital does not specialize to levels required by companies  installed in the country.<\/p>\n<p>As expressed by Ricaurte V\u00e1squez, former Minister of Economy and  Finance, &#8220;Panama has the human capital, but requires 10 to 15 years to  see the results of the changes that are being made in education&#8221;, while  companies require qualified staff which the country is unable to  provide.<\/p>\n<p>Laestrella.com.pa reports that &#8220;According to Tom\u00e1s Bermudez,  representative in Panama of the Inter-American Development Bank, the  solution is simple: the rule that prevents more than 10% of foreign  employees should be relaxed or eliminated. Kristelle Getzler, secretary  of Economy and Competitiveness of the Presidency, said staff were being  trained for specific jobs such as the expansion of the Panama Canal, in  addition, the education system is focusing on careers that will be in  great  demand in the future. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: laestrella.com.pa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Panama the labor law allows for only 10% of the labor force in a company to be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-articles-panama-perpsective"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Call for More Foreign Labor - Blog 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