While the Chamber of Deputies began to debate the project to reduce working hours, a report warned about the current situation in the country.
He Institute for Argentine Social Development (IDESA) prepared a report on the Labor conditions of the Argentines, in which he warned that 6 out of 10 people they work less than eight hours a day. Within the framework of the debate in Deputies by job reductionthe report warns about this situation that is already occurring in Argentina.
“The debate installed by the Government does not take into account reality which indicates that two out of every three workers perform tasks for less than 40 hours per week, which would make the discussion abstract for the majority of employees,” they explained.
The consultant added that at this moment it is a priority order the state and to labor institutions, in order to “grow with more quality jobs.”
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“The idea of reducing the working day It is not new nor typical of Argentina“, they stated in the study, comparing with the case of the European Unionwhere lowering the working day is also analyzed as a way of avoid paying salaries Taller.
Another of the data raised in the report is that the Permanent Household Survey of the INDEC observed that in 2023 a fifteen% of employees worked more than 48 hours per weeka 19% between 40 and 48 and a 66% less than 40 hours per week. “In Argentina, 2 out of every 3 workers already work on reduced hours,” they said.
On the other hand, IDESA warned that for shorten the work day to six hours, the productivity of companies should grow 33%otherwise the initiative in treatment “would be transferred to prices.”
“The problem is not that there are workers who work too hard and take jobs from others, but that there is a severe shortage of good jobs“, IDESA stressed, and assured that the main challenge lies in multiply employers and productive investments.
Source: Ambito
