The Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union is pressing the government to establish both an unemployment fund and a severance protection fund to safeguard workers.
The union says it is using the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic as the catalyst for this call as it exposed glaring vulnerabilities in the country's support systems for workers.
The Workers' Union proposed that the severance protection fund would serve as a financial safety net to ensure workers receive their severance entitlements if their employers are unable to meet these obligations.
It says the creation of an unemployment fund, designed to provide financial support to workers who lose their jobs, would maintain social stability.
The Union says it has already prepared draft proposals for these funds and urged the government to engage stakeholders to bring them to fruition.
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