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00:01In Ecuador, social organizations denounced the high social cost of thousands of layoffs
00:06registered over the past year.
00:08The Ministry of Labor of Ecuador reported a total of 36,537 sudden dismissals between
00:14January 1 and December 16, 2025.
00:18Of those dismissed, 59% were men and 41% were women.
00:22Social organizations warned of the loss of stable income and the exclusion of people
00:27over 40 years old from the productive market.
00:30A total of 9,747 companies resorted to this form of contract termination, which mainly
00:37affected workers over the age of 29.
00:40Experts and labor unions denounced that these measures deepened job insecurity by favoring
00:45a model of labor flexibility.
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