<p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacySmallCroppedImages/Juan_Carlos_Jobet.jpg" alt="Cropped images October 8th 2013" />Chilean Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, Juan Carlos Jobet, recently announced a plan to come to the aid of those people whose labor source was affected by the frost that hit the south central area of the country.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> The Secretary of State, along with Agriculture Minister Luis Mayol, reported that the plan will contain four divisions: Job placement, training, recruitment, and bonus emergency employment quotas.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> The first round of bonuses will be made up of 15,000 payments, Jobet explained. “We will offer bonuses equivalent to 40% of the minimum wage for agricultural workers who are suffering from the effects of these frosts, so as to contribute as a government to those farmers who have problems and to enable them to hire workers who wouldn’t work otherwise.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> The Labor Minister said that although preliminary estimates indicate that layoffs should not occur, there will be less hiring in the summer. Final evaluations are still being worked on, according to the Ministerio del Trabajo y Previsión Social.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Concerning employers’ training, Jobet explained that “we will develop all regular lines that the National Service of Advanced Training and Employment purported, so that the workers, who for all their recruitment efforts cannot get a job, can spend those summer months training in other occupations that allow them to get new jobs in the future.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> He also noted that the plan will strengthen the National Employment Exchange, in order to facilitate job placement with workers in the affected areas. Job fairs will be held in all affected regions to enable workers to find employment in their own area, although some may relocate.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> In the case of emergency jobs, Jobet noted that “where necessary we will offer to hire workers, who otherwise would not have jobs.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> On October 7th, Mayol extended the state of emergency for the regions of Valparaiso and Maule.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Stay tuned to AndNowUKnow as we continue our coverage on the frosts in Chile.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.mintrab.gob.cl/?p=8608" target="_new"> Ministerio del Trabajo y Previsión Social </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
