• Submitted by: Luis Manuel Mazorra
• Business and Economy
• 11 / 22 / 2011

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Since 2009 state barber shops and barber shops were leased to workers. Now with the economic changes taking place in the island has decided to permanently establish this as business began as an experiment.

Cuba's Official Gazette published on its website several resolutions governing transit final state to the private sector staff working in local barber shop and hair salon containing a maximum of three seats.

The documents signed by the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Finance and Prices, and Labor and Social Security, announced the decision to keep the experience "a final" after "results obtained during the experimental application of the Financial Management System."

Thus, workers who previously belonged to the staff of the state-owned Technical Services, Personal and Home, will now be considered "self employed" who have leases with the properties of their former workplaces.

In all cases the state will continue to own and control the property "used for planned activities," while the prices are set by supply and demand.

The new measure will take effect on 1 December and enroll in the plan of economic and social adjustments undertaken in the Island to update the socialist model.

The experiment in barbershops and beauty salons smaller format initially started in some locations of Havana in April 2009, and in December of that year was extended to other regions.

Officials of the Ministry of Domestic Trade explained the local media last month that the application of this "new management" allowed "to address illegal as price collection not established and the misappropriation of revenue."

They also noted that the experience led to increased revenue to the State taxes and charges for the premises.