特立尼达和多巴哥将8000名“幽灵工人”从失业计划中除名, Trinidad and Tobago removes 8,000 "ghost workers" from unemployment program, citing fraud.

在特立尼达和多巴哥,8 000名“幽灵工人”被从失业救济方案工资单中除名,因为审计显示,只有20%的登记工人实际参加了工作。 In Trinidad and Tobago, 8,000 "ghost workers" were removed from the Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) payroll after an audit showed only 20% of registered workers actually attended their jobs. 该方案的日薪部分被暂停,1 100名月薪工人中有400人被解雇,以打击腐败。 The program's daily-paid component was suspended, and 400 of 1,100 monthly-paid workers were fired to combat corruption. PNM党声称这些解雇是出于政治动机,并计划代表工人起诉政府。 The PNM party claims the dismissals are politically motivated and plans to sue the government on behalf of the workers. 政府维护这些行动,认为必须进行改组,以消除欺诈。 The government defends the actions as necessary restructuring to eliminate fraud.