Slowdown in hirings for Panama

Hiring and replacements in Panama's private sector fell 14.3 percent in the first nine months of 2019 compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Labor.

Some labor market surveys projected that with the change of administration under Laurentino Cortizo, hiring in private sector companies would improve during the last months of 2019, but this has not been the case reports Newsroom Panama.