Between January 1 and December 11, 2023, the Ministry of Labor of Ecuador registers 534,980 new jobs, while the confirmation of termination of employment throughout the country in the same period is 809,996. Along with the declared internal armed conflict, unemployment is a problem that plagues Ecuadorians personally.

On December 19, 2023, with 107 votes in favor, the National Assembly accepted the emergency bill on economic efficiency and employment, the first proposal of the President of the Republic, Daniel Noboa.

Necessary reactivation for Ecuador

After the controversial January 9, with armed attacks in different cities of the country, riots in prisons and the taking of hostages at the channel TC Televisión in Guayaquil, as well as uniformed staff – and with a history of occupying the eleventh place among the most violent countries in the world – the Government acted by declaring internal armed conflict and about twenty organized criminal groups called terrorists.

In a complex moment, security is set as a priority. In his campaign, still fresh in the memories of Ecuadorians, employment was the anchor that gave the president results.

The public consultation requests that the Constitution establish that fixed-term and hourly employment contracts are not forms of job insecurity

Records of termination certificates in Ecuador 2023: What causes generate the termination of employment contracts?

Today, the challenge is ambitious because we have to work simultaneously on both axes. Without security, it will be difficult for investments to focus on Ecuador, nor will it improve the environment for entrepreneurship and the establishment of quality companies, as proposed in the plan of the government of Daniel Noboa.

But the National Assembly approved the tools proposed by the regime for this purpose and, along with the security actions, they open a path of hope.

Along with the restoration of peace, it is essential to move towards the creation of jobs, which means an opportunity for progress. Ecuadorians rightly hope that this year the statistics can be reversed and unemployment can be significantly reduced. (OR)