Of the more than 53,000 jobs that were destroyed, 16,886 belong to state companies and 31,114 people in the national public administration.
He Adjustment to the State and the jobs of the Public Administration It continues to be a campaign flag of the government of Javier Milei. In the report released Thursday by the Ministry of deregulation and transformation that Federico Sturzenegger leads, It was stressed that there was a fall in 1,164 on the payroll during July and in the first 20 months of the libertarian administration They destroyed 53,345 jobs (-10.6%).
As this media already reported, the government’s strategy began to end contracts, continued with voluntary retreats and, in recent months, was based on the Salary adjustment so that state employees themselves choose to retire. According to the registered state wage index, the purchasing power fell 14.3% between November 2023 and June this year. However, union sources reported that the salary collapse reached 27% real in the case of Level D grade 0.
The Milei government destroyed more than 18% of jobs in public companies and 15% in the national administration
Of the more than 53,000 jobs that were destroyed, 16,886 They belong to state companiesthat they had a plant of 91.166 employees and have 74,280 In July of this year, this implied a contraction of 18.5% on your payroll. Meanwhile, in the National Public Administrationthey had 205,550 jobs were reduced to 174,430, that is, a reduction of 31,114 people (15.1%).
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“The number of permanent and transient plant employees fell 9.4%, while the personnel hired under the Framework Law (Law 25,164) and employees with Loys contracts (monotributistas under Decree 1109/17) experienced much more pronounced decreases, of 22.1%and 52.4%, respectively,” said the report.
Within the “Personnel reduction savings”the portfolio that Sturzenegger drives stressed that there was an annual cut of US $ 1,053 million in salarieswhile he added that “It is estimated, by broad consensus, that the total cost of each employee doubles their salary due to labor infrastructure expenses, such as office space, furniture, electronic equipment, supplies and various services”that is, taking into account this factor the adjustment reached the U $ 2,106 million.
While saving in the APN varies according to the type of contract, from deregulation they mentioned that the reduction of personnel was particularly significant in the contracts governed by the Framework Law. There, “the annual savings in salaries amounted to U $ 256 million, While total savings, considering labor infrastructure costs, reached U $ S512 million “.
“In the case of Personnel under permanent and transient modalitiesthe annual savings in salaries was U $ 297 millionwith a total of U $ S594 million By including additional costs. Finally, in the Loys contracts, Annual salaries in salaries was estimated at U $ S64 millionreaching a total of US $128 million When considering work infrastructure expenses, “adds the report.
In this way, according to the Sturzenegger portfolio, the libertarian government reflects the commitment to “reduce public spending and its determination to comply with the promises of efficiency and austerity in public administration.” And he adds that “The strategy will be deepened with greater personnel reductions and the elimination of areas that do not meet an essential mission.”
Source: Ambito
