This is one of the central chapters of the Ley Bases. The fine print is expected to be known soon. The weight of the business sector in its implementation.
While waiting for the regulations of the chapter dedicated to labor reform included in the Bases Law to be known, the Group of 6, CAME and CGERA presented their proposals to the Government with the intention of having them incorporated into the fine print. Two weeks ago a meeting of the entities was held with Federico Sturzeneggerwhere a phrase from the official was surprising: “You bring the regulations and we will put them into practice”.
On Thursday June 28th The Government achieved the long-awaited approval of the Bases Law. He July 8th was published in the Official GazetteSince then, there are chapters that seek to be regulated more urgently than others, such as the bleach of capital or labor reform.
Julio CorderoSecretary of Labor, keeps on his desk the proposals of the main business entities to outline the labor reform. The Minister of Deregulation and Transformation is the one who leads the way to regulation and the Secretariat of Legal and Technical Affairs., in charge of Dante Herrera Bravo, is responsible for drafting it.
Two weeks ago, a meeting was held between Federico Sturzenegger, the Minister of Human Capital, Sandra Pettovello and Cordero. During the meeting, according to sources who attended the meeting, the official chosen by Javier Milei invited Businessmen will carry out the regulations, for the Government to put it into practice.
“The weighting we receive from the Government when considering structural reforms is positive”, one participant commented to this medium. However, there was another source who relativized this idea. While he understands that it is important to ensure that the private sector’s proposals are internalized, “The practically non-existent intervention of the State in the discussion is striking.”, he admits.
It is not news that the management premise is the state shift through the elimination of regulations, deregulation of prices, lowering taxes and giving business a predominance in reforms that affect the private sector.
However, there are those who continue to express doubts regarding this policy: “It is not necessarily good in every sense for the State to let things happen freely.“, a source told this newspaper. “I understand that they will later decide which of all the proposed items they approve to incorporate,” said another businessman.
Labor reform: what companies propose
The following are the main points of the proposals that both large companies and SMEs shared after the meeting.
- On the side of small and medium-sized companies, they seek that the Severance Fund be optional, at the company’s discretion and not because of parity.
- In turn, they promote that social charges be taken into account in other taxesthe percentage varying according to the type of activity and company.
- Regarding workers’ protests, SMEs aim to “regulate assemblies and the blocking of companiess”, since these establishments “are much weaker than the power of the unions”.
- They also seek to legislate on the updates resulting in trials and that are not “agreed at the discretion of a judge”, among other points.
The Group of Six and the CAME, in the same line
The big companies also made their proposal. The Group of 6 – ADEBA, BCBA, CAC, CAMARCO, SRA and UIA – together with the Argentine Confederation of Medium-sized Enterprises (CAME) drafted their proposals along the same lines.
- For example, for the Severance Fund propose that the company “always keep a private insurance system” to settle the sum agreed between the parties in the collective agreement.
- For SMEs up to twelve workers, When it comes to regularizing them, they bet on “the extinction of the entire employer’s debt” for non-payment of contributions and fees.
- Finally, They hope that the figure of the independent contributor does not apply as long as “the activity is included in a collective bargaining agreement”. Likewise, the relationships They must be declared in the system established by the Secretariat of Employment, Labor and Social Security.
Source: Ambito
