As a result of the recession effectin Almost 7 out of 10 companies laid off employees during the first half of 2024according to the study Salaries and hiring of Boomerang. Regarding the reasons for the dismissals, More than half said they did it to reduce costs and the 35% He indicated that it was due to impact of economic activity and other 40% pointed out a poor staff performance.
Of those who are specialists in human Resources who indicated they had fired, the fifty% Indian lay off between 10% and 30% of staffwhile 34% disengaged less than 10%.
Regarding the companies’ projection for the remainder of the year, the 30% of human resources specialists indicate that they will reduce the staff, while the 48% plans to keep it and only the 22% speaks of an increase.
As for the type of increase they plan to implement, the 72% indicates that it will be an update for inflation; Only 9% mention a real increase; and the 19% considers both types of increase.
Regarding the increase that is planned for the future, 32% of the specialists mentioned an increase in 30%he 26% projects an increase of twenty%and the 16% plans an increase of 10%.
Employment: How workers and businesses view government policies
Inside of Labor reform sanctioned in the Bases lawwhich is still under review for its implementation, Congress granted benefits to companies such as Elimination of fines for unregistered work, Change in severance pay compensation, trial periods of up to one year, dismissals with just cause due to force measures and created the figure of “collaborator” for micro-SMEs with up to 3 employees, without employment relationship.
These policies, according to the human resources specialists consulted by Bumeran, were rated as excellent by 6% of the experts, while 1% rated them as excellent by 10%. 43% He pointed out that they were good, the 27% evaluated them as regular, and the 24% considered them bad or very bad. Thanks to these measures, a 40% of the specialists projects a regular market evolution; he 31% foresee a positive scenario; and the 29%, negative.
Unlike human resources specialists, 43% of workers have a negative opinion of government policies related to the world of work; 34% rate them positively; and 23% consider them average. And on the impact that the government’s policies had on the world of work, 48% of talents consider that so far it has been negative; while 38% rate it as average; and 15% as positive.
“The perception of human resources specialists follows a clear trend: they positively evaluate the government’s labor policies and their impact on the labor market, but they do not expect to see the effects of these measures in the remainder of the year. On the other hand, workers have a mostly unfavorable view of these same measures,” he explains. Federico BarniCEO of Jobint.
Source: Ambito
