BBC News - Cuba to cut one million public sector jobs - 0 views
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Cuba's communist government currently controls almost all aspects of the country's economy and employs about 85% of the official workforce, which is put at 5.1 million people. As many as one-in-five of all workers could lose their jobs.
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To create jobs for the redundant workers, strict rules limiting private enterprise will be relaxed and many more licenses will be issued for people to become self-employed. Private businesses will be allowed to employ staff for the first time.
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They will also have to pay tax on their profits and for each person they employ, something which could dramatically boost the government's income.
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