The Minister of Labor and Rehabilitation in the Government of National Unity, Ali Al-Abed, said that the ministry launched a wide inspection campaign under the slogan “the Enforcement of the Law and the Return of Life to the Labor Market” to control duplication of work between the public and private sectors.
Al-Abed explained in a statement to Hakomitna platform that the Ministry of Labor has a modern and developed system that has been entrusted with the duplication file, indicating that many violations have been monitored in this regard and dealt with.
The minister emphasized that the term unemployment in Libya is inaccurate and most of the numbers are incorrect, as the current unemployment rate is measured by those who do not work in the public sector in the state. “This is a wrong concept,” adding that most of those considered “unemployed” work in the private sector.
He added that the aim of applying the law of non-duplication is to ensure that the private sector is not emptied of national labor and to increase the state’s cadre with more employees, indicating that the campaign will include everyone without exception, and the sorting and tabulation of data is in full swing through the Labor and Occupational Inspection Department in cooperation with Government institutions and the Ministry’s information and documentation center.
Al-Abed indicated that the ministry is working on preparing a strategy to address job sluggishness in the public sector through reforming organizational structures, amending the labor law, revitalizing the private sector, organizing and governing it electronically through the digital transformation program.