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Africa-Press<\/a> – Namibia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A total of 13,682 employees retrenched in Namibia between Jan. 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021, according to statistics released to the media on Monday by the government.<\/p>\n

According to the Ministry of Labor, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation, of the 13,682 retrenchments recorded, 10,773 were mainly due to economic reasons and closure or discontinuation of businesses, while 2,909 retrenchments were due to COVID-19 related reasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo employees were retrenched due to COVID-19-related reasons during the first quarter of 2021\/2022 financial year (April 2021 \u2014 June 2021),\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. A total of 13,682 employees retrenched in Namibia between Jan. 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021, according to statistics released to the media on Monday by the government. According to the Ministry of Labor, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation, of the 13,682 retrenchments recorded, 10,773 were mainly due to economic reasons and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":2531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8,16],"tags":[234,236,1215,233],"class_list":["post-2532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-employees","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"\n13,682 employees retrenched in 2020 and 1st half 2021 in Namibia: statistics - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A total of 13,682 employees retrenched in Namibia between Jan. 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021, according to statistics relea ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/13682-employees-retrenched-in-2020-and-1st-half-2021-in-namibia-statistics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"13,682 employees retrenched in 2020 and 1st half 2021 in Namibia: statistics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A total of 13,682 employees retrenched in Namibia between Jan. 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021, according to statistics relea ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/13682-employees-retrenched-in-2020-and-1st-half-2021-in-namibia-statistics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-20T14:10:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-20T14:51:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2021\/09\/img-61489fb9578c5.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/13682-employees-retrenched-in-2020-and-1st-half-2021-in-namibia-statistics#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/13682-employees-retrenched-in-2020-and-1st-half-2021-in-namibia-statistics\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"13,682 employees retrenched in 2020 and 1st half 2021 in Namibia: statistics\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-20T14:10:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-20T14:51:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/13682-employees-retrenched-in-2020-and-1st-half-2021-in-namibia-statistics\"},\"wordCount\":91,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/13682-employees-retrenched-in-2020-and-1st-half-2021-in-namibia-statistics#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2021\/09\/img-61489fb9578c5.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"employees\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/13682-employees-retrenched-in-2020-and-1st-half-2021-in-namibia-statistics#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/13682-employees-retrenched-in-2020-and-1st-half-2021-in-namibia-statistics\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/13682-employees-retrenched-in-2020-and-1st-half-2021-in-namibia-statistics\",\"name\":\"13,682 employees retrenched in 2020 and 1st half 2021 in Namibia: statistics - 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