According to the report, Venezuelan migration is mostly young and comes to Peru to work, the search for a new economic horizon that allows migrants and their families to survive.
More than half of Venezuelan citizens who migrated to Peru they work an average of more than 60 hours a week, most of them in commercial activity, in customer service, security or cleaning jobs, and on average they earn 1,25 soles a month, according to a study published today.
Nine out of 10 Venezolans surveyed are working, While the percentage of inactive people is marginal (4%), however el 92.1% of salaried workers do not have a work contract, that is, are in an informal employment relationship. Of the total number of Venezuelan workers, 55% are men and 45% are women.
The sound produced jointly by the Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University, the Ministry of Labor, the International Labor Organization and the International Organization for Migration, It also points out that 60% of Venezuelan workers work in a relationship of dependence, whether as an employee or a worker. The independents reach the 38%, This is a significant increase compared to past reports, which put it at around 20%.
What and where do they work?
In the case of salaried Venezuelan workers, a third work in commercial activities (33%), basically in shops and to a lesser extent on the street, but reporting to a manager. The second section (32%) carries out work of customer service, security tasks, cleaning or administrative support.
The last third (35%) is distributed in various activities, highlighting restaurants (11%), beauty salons and barber shops (10%), construction (6%). The 5% are occupied as technicians from various fields, y solo ejerciendo su labor profesional, there are 4 doctors and 2 teachers.
The vast majority of workers declared that they were self-employed (38% of the total), dedicated to trade (82%) and of these, a little less than half are in the outpatient trade. Un 6% son motorcycle taxi drivers, and another 6% is in beauty salons or restaurants.
The document also indicates that there is no relationship between more hours worked and higher pay. The 27,13% of those surveyed despite working more than 60 hours a week, they earn below the minimum wage. Of the percentage who work this number of hours, only 27% earns above the minimum wage.
Sueldos
The average for all respondents was S/ 1,025.64 monthly; although almost half (49%) of the Venezolans surveyed reported receiving incomes between the minimum wage and a maximum of S/ 1,500.
Only a smaller percentage (46%) declared that they had income por debajo del salario mínimo vital, equivalente a S/ 930. Considering both subsets, 95% of those surveyed receive incomes that do not exceed the approximate amount of the basic family income (S/ 1,535). At the other extreme, only 5% of those surveyed said they had incomes between S/ 1,500 and S/ 4,000. Y menos del 1% recibiría ingresos por encima de S/ 4,000.
Working hours
82% of the Venezolans surveyed reported working longer than the legal weekly working day, equivalent to 48 hours. A 55% indicated working more than 60 hours a week, which could mean working more than 8 hours a day. El 17% reportó trabajar jornadas semanales que estarían dentro del máximo permitido, lo que podría indicar (en una proporción no determinada) situaciones de subempleo involuntario.