Meanwhile, sectors such as the metallurgical assured that the companies “economically they had contemplated it”, due to the fact that a bond was being negotiated with the Metallurgical Workers Union (UOM) for a month, outside the parity. Although the companies are annoyed because they assure that it “complicates the salary negotiation”, The UOM had been requesting a $50,000 bonus for all workers, while what the Government decreed was $24,000 for those below $161,859. “It will not generate major difficulties in general terms,” said a source in the sector.
For its part, according to a survey by the Argentine Pymes Industry Chamber (IPA), there are 2% of the industries that could have problems paying. These are the ones that are having problems producing as a result of changes in the system to import. “For those that are not producing due to lack of raw materials, it is a complication, an exception will have to be requested for those, which should be justified,” he said. daniel rosatoPresident of IPA.
Besides, Marcelo Fernandez, president of the Argentine Business Confederation (CGERA), stated that the most complicated will be the smallest SMEs, due to the difficulty in obtaining financing. “In the same month they are asked to pay their salary, half a Christmas bonus, the bonus, and vacations, and taxes for all that, it is not financially feasible, We are proposing that they move it to February or March“, he claimed. In addition, he informed that there are sectors such as plastic that had already fixed the year-end bonus, so they will have to pay it twice.
“Nobody is unaware that the salary is in arrears, but the best way is to discuss with the parity,” added Fernández. From the business chambers they assure that since the Government took office, the purchasing power of workers fell 3%, but if it is divided between the public, private and informal sectors, the private sector is the only one that beat inflation, with a variation positive of +0.2% from 2019 to the present. “Most of the SMEs are going to end up paying it, but it must be taken into account that some have not yet paid the half bonus because they did not arrive,” he added.
When asked what companies that cannot pay for it will do, Fernández assured that It will be a “case by case” negotiation between each company and its workers. From the metallurgical sector they added that there will be cases that “informally” define that they will pay the bond in two or three installments, and start depositing it in January or February. The official decree established that it must be in one payment and in December.
In addition, from the Confederation of Medium Enterprises (CAME) they assured that there is a lot of “concern” because the AFIP resolution related to the bonus has not yet been published. It is that the decree established that companies will have the option of deducting the non-remunerative allocation from the payment of income tax for up to 50% of the amount paid. However, since the regulations are not yet in place, there are doubts about the conditions and deadlines. For this reason, from CAME they will take the Government a proposal with alternatives.
CAME sources assured that there are SMEs in the commerce sector that will not be able to pay it, in a context where five consecutive months of drop in retail sales have been recorded.. In addition, there is uncertainty about how the bonus will impact the parity with the trade union, with whom they have to meet again at the beginning of January to end the parity year from April to April 2023.
Source: Ambito
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