Fixed sum for workers? this said the government

The Minister of Labor, Raquel “Kelly” Olmos, referred to the possibility of paying workers a fixed sum or bonus.

The official responded that parities are “the backbone” for the formal sector.

What “Kelly” Olmos said about the possibility of paying a bonus or lump sum

“It is not that the Government does not want to give the fixed sum. There is an income updating system that we have in force and that the democratic point of view is very virtuous. Both military-dictatorial governments and those that seek to maximize profits the first thing they did It was trying to put that mechanism aside,” he explained in statements to AM750.

In addition, he maintained that “in many joint agreements a percentage plus a lump sum“, but that cannot be “done from outside the system”.

“The parities work with a very vigorous negotiation in defense of the interests of each party. When an agreement is reached, changes cannot be introduced from the outside. Changing the rules of the game in general leaves you at a level of uncertainty that would imply practically paralyze the parities”, he pointed out.

Kelly Olmos said that the agreement with the business sector on the minimum wage “was very difficult”

The Minister of Labor, Raquel “Kelly” Olmos, revealed today that “it cost a lot” the agreement with the business sector in the framework of the meeting of the Council of the Minimum, Vital and Mobile Wage, which agreed yesterday to increase that income of 34 % in three tranches, which will reach 105,500 pesos this month, 112,500 in August and 118,000 in September.

“After debating a lot, an agreement was reached yesterday with 30 members, one abstention and one vote against. The vital and mobile minimum wage will reach 118,000 pesos in September in three installments, which mainly impacts the income of non-formal sectors”, confirmed Olmos this morning in statements to Radio AM 750.

“The CTA of the workers abstained and the Autónoma voted against and that is what has been happening in the different councils. What cost a lot this time is the agreement with the business sector. They asked that these percentages be applied on the basis of March and not on June as they were finally applied”, revealed Olmos.