However, in a survey carried out by Ámbito in consultation with SME business chambers, there are “complicated” companies to pay it because it has to be granted the same month that the Christmas bonus, vacations, and double shifts for holidays are paid. In a context of falling consumption. Therefore, They brought proposals to the Government to see if they can pay it in installments, or from January, or that it be absorbed in parities. Even from the business unions they assured that there is a small percentage that will not be able to pay it, in the cases of the smallest companies, or in those that have production problems due to lack of inputs.
This is how it arises from the consultation of Ámbito to business chambers such as the Confederation of Medium Enterprises (CAME)the Argentine Business Confederation (Cgera)Industrial SMEs (IPA)the Chamber of Commerce (CAC) and the Federation of Commerce and Industry of the City (Fecoba). “In a survey that we did, the most concerned are the small businesses, with 2 or 3 employees, who still could not pay the bonus, and have no financial back,” said Fabian Castillo, head of Fecoba.
When asked what will happen in cases where the company cannot comply, the Minister of Labor, Rachel Olmosassured in statements to TV Pública: “These specific situations have to be resolved by agreement between the parties. When I say between the parties it is with the union. Not with each employee, who would be in a very unbalanced position and would have to accept by adhesion. If there is an agreement with the union that justifies, for us that agreement governs “.
On Friday of last week, Natalio Mario Grinmann, president of the CAC, sent a letter to the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, requesting that the bonus could be paid with the salary earned in December, that is, that the payment term is extended until next January 5th. As this newspaper was able to learn, at the moment they had no response.
On the other hand, the CAME did advance with a meeting with the Government. The president of the entity, alfredo gonzalez, asked Olmos that the bonus can be absorbed in case it was agreed in the collective labor agreements. “The minister expressed that the request is provided for in the last paragraph of the cited article,” says a statement released by CAME. However, for this to happen it must be approved by the Trade Employees Union, which heads Armando Cavalieri. The businessmen will take the proposal to the joint meeting, scheduled for the first half of January. “We depend on the union,” said a business source.
In addition, from CAME they also met with AFIP, where they proposed modifications so that the payment of the bonus can be reduced from the income tax advance and that a refund to the monotributista employer is foreseen. However, these requests did not prosper. “Just as it is proposed, it is not an aid to SMEs, as was the will of the decree, because they are not financed with the treasury, the ones that will be able to benefit are large companies,” analyzed González, president of CAME. “75% of the companies have 1 to 13 employees, it hits them squarely in the box,” he added. The proposal of the chamber is that it ends up being “only a financial deferral, since what is not paid in advance, is paid from the balance of the DDJJ”.
In any case, the companies are still waiting for the AFIP regulations that establish the fine print of what the conditions and terms will be like to be able to deduct the bonus. Even below, there are SMEs that assure that without this information, they can assume that the bonus can be paid in January, because they do not have all the information that the decree says.
Source: Ambito
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