As this media had already anticipated, the Government returns to the fray with the proposal to reform the State and a new framework for public employment.
Ambit accessed the text of the new omnibus law, which will be sent to the governors and to Congress for approval, after the first version was rejected in a harsh defeat for the Government.
As this media had already anticipated, the Government returns to the fray with the proposal to reform the State and a new framework for public employment. The text establishes “the bases for legislative delegations aimed at improving the functioning of the Stateseeking a more efficient, effective public management oriented towards the common good”.
Thus, the text focuses on reducing the oversizing of the state structure with the objective of “balance public accounts and ensure a more transparent distribution of spending, with special attention to directing resources towards those who need them most“.
Furthermore, he maintains that he seeks to promote “a dynamic State that encourages private initiative, investment and productivityas well as ensuring effective internal control of the Public Administration to guarantee transparency and adequate administration of public finances.”
State companies and societies
- Modification or transformation of the legal structure of state companies and companies.
- Merger, spin-off or transfer to the provinces or to the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
Public trust funds
- Modification, transformation, unification, dissolution, liquidation or cancellation of public trust funds.
- Revert or redirect your resources or future income to the National Treasury.
Agency intervention
- Authorization for the national Executive Branch to intervene in decentralized organizations, companies and state-owned companies, excluding national universities and social security institutions.
- Appointment of a Comptroller who will exercise the powers of the administration and management body.
- Carrying out a management audit at the beginning and end of the intervention.
Powers conferred on the President
Regarding the powers conferred on the national Executive Branch, “The authority is granted to modify or eliminate powers, functions or responsibilities of the bodies or agencies of the central or decentralized administration“, as well as reorganize, centralize, transform, merge or dissolve entities as necessary.
You are also empowered to “intervene in companies and societies, modify their legal structure, and dissolve or liquidate public trust funds when necessary“.
The text ensures that the intervention of decentralized organizations and companies ““will be carried out under the supervision and control of the corresponding Minister.”and a management audit will be carried out at the beginning and end of each intervention to evaluate its effectiveness.
One of the most relevant sections of the “state reform” is that of privatization of public companies and that of the “public employment reform“.
Public employment
The main changes for public employment proposed by version 2.0 of the new project raise the modification or deletion competitionsfunctions or responsibilities unnecessary.”
Next, amendments to legislation on public employment proposals for Argentina.
- Staff availability: It is established that those public employees affected by restructuring measures that imply the suppression of bodies or functions “They will remain available for a maximum of up to 12 months“. During this period, they can receive training or perform tasks in outsourced services of the State.
- Protection of union delegates: union delegates with a current or pending mandate “They cannot be affected in the exercise of their functions“nor positions available for a year after union protection.
- Staff mobility: regulations are established on staff mobility between different agencies and jurisdictionsboth inside and outside the national State.
- Qpromotion and career development: the right to equal opportunities in the development of the administrative career is guaranteed and “it is established that promotions to vacant positions must proceed through selection systems based on background, merits and aptitudes.”
- Retirement: It is established that “staff can be intimated” to begin the retirement procedures when you meet the requirements to obtain an ordinary retirement.
- Disciplinary sanctions: establishes the grounds for imposing “warnings, suspensions, layoffs and exonerations, as well as the statute of limitations for applying these sanctions.”
- Discounts and labor rights: discounts for solidarity fees are regulated in favor of workers’ associations and “The mandatory deduction of salaries is established for the days in which the employee has decided to make use of his right to strike.“.
Source: Ambito
