Human Resources companies report a 50% decrease in middle management hiring.
Eric Quesada Ramírez, Manpower's regional director, said that salaries have also been affected.
"Where companies offered a monthly salary of $1.000 for management services, they are now offering $700", told Quesada to Elsalvador.com. "If the worker wants more than these $700, then the company looks for another candidate".
The closing of the Fusion S.A. maquila located in the Tipitapa zone is the third one in a month.
The company requested the Ministry of Labor for a temporary, 30-day closing. It originally operated with 400 employees and had already reduced its staff to 137.
Rafael Lara reported statements from Alberto Carlos Guadamuz, attorney for the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights, CENIDH, to Elnuevodiario.com.ni: "The workers noted that they were earning a monthly salary of 4 thousand Cordobas in normal times. However, in recent months, they were only getting 2,150 Cordobas due to the drop in productivity, and it was not enough for family survival."