DSAL rejects claims TNRs are distorting labor market

Despite accounting for almost 50% of Macau’s total workforce, non-resident workers (TNRs) are not skewing the market, officials from the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) said yesterday. According to DSAL data, at the end of March this year, TNRs accounted for 183,179 workers. On the topic, DSAL director Chan Un Tong reaffirmed that all TNRs working in Macau are temporary workers and can be replaced at any time by local residents who accept their job posts and duties. “We have job openings available. Employment for residents is always the government’s priority. DSAL will also monitor job placements. If there is a […]