Thus, the Secretary of Labor of the Nation indicated it, Omar Yasin, who also noted that there will be joint ventures “in the public sector” and considered that “the right to strike is not modified.”
The official announced that “is going to convene the Living and Mobile Minimum Wage Council, possibly in the first days of January” because “it will have to be increased from January by a fairly considerable percentage,” and asserted that there will be parity in the public sector.
Furthermore, he expressed that “It is not planned” to convene the Commission of Private Home Workers, because “neither employers nor union members requested its convocation.”
Yasin indicated in statements to Clarín that he is studying “reformulating the Enhance Work unhooked from the minimum and living wage”, which determines its amount, and with the possibility of “even changing the name of the Program.”
Compensations
The official defended the modification in compensation for unregistered workers, in line with DNU 70/2023 recently presented by President Javier Milei.
“These fines do not make the employment relationship predictable for employers, since they exponentially enhance the compensation established by the Employment Contract Law. This situation means that employers do not hire workers due to the risks involved in this type of aggravated fines that are not originally created in the Employment Contract Law”held.
And he added: “The most harmed by this type of compensation are SMEs, which are those that cannot faithfully comply with the proper registration of employment contracts.”
Right to strike
On the other hand, he referred to what the decree establishes regarding workers’ demonstrations: “The right to strike is not modified. The constitutional right to strike is maintained. What is done is to preserve the population from the effects of a measure of force, establishing essential activities in which inaction cannot be absolute because there are to maintain minimum services for the population.
And when asked if this initiative limits the right to strike, the official stated: “No right is absolute.”
Criticism of the CGT
Lastly, Yasin criticized the CGT for his position contrary to the initiatives promoted by the President: “We understand that the reactions of the CGT are not justified since they are using a constitutional tool, which is the DNU. And the content of the labor chapter aims to generate employment, generate a state of certainty and predictability for the employer and worker to motivate the generation of more job sources”.
Source: Ambito
