In radio statements, the secretary said that this change is due to the recent measures implemented by the government of Javier Milei, focused on providing “greater legal security for companies”, what has allowed “generate confidence and stimulate the labour market”.
The official from the Ministry of Human Capital referred to the unemployment rate, which increased not only compared to the previous quarter (which had reached 5.7%) but also compared to the same period last year (6.9%).When you go from 6.9% to 7.7% it’s not huge, but for us it is. There were other periods when it was higher, but a small portion already worries us.“, he said in conversation with Eduardo Feinmann on Mitre radio.
In this context, when asked if unemployment had stopped rising, Lamb He said yes and that the Government will try to sustain it “in that way.” “That is important because we not only see that it stopped but there is a tendency to hiresomething that had not been happening because the drop was due to the inaction of hiring,” he observed.
The approval of the Bases law with the labor reform was key according to the labor secretary
He also attributed the halt in the rise in unemployment to the work carried out on the Ley Bases, which included a chapter on labor reform “By having provided greater legal security for hiring, We understand that companies are encouraged to do this, that it is essential.“, he warned and also assured that the wage rates linked to the formal sector “are gradually recovering.”
And he added: “We care a lot about the recovery [del salario] be real, because if inflation takes it away from you it is useless, on the contrary, you get an inflationary spiral. What needs to be done here is to increase wages and that does not have an impact on inflation, so that the increase is real, which is what we are experiencing.”.
Cordero anticipated that the regulations of the labor reform will be known this week
Cordero also discussed the regulations of the labor reform and indicated that “it will be published this week.” “We consider the points of view of everyone [los sectores]; Labor standards have a strong impact on the entire population, so we listen to what employers and workers need, and what unions think. They are rules with a transversal impact“, said.
So, The official refused to describe the law as a “dismissal on demand,” as leaders critical of the reform had suggested.. “It is not like that, it is not true, not even close to that. Law 20.144, the labor contract law, regains all its force with the labor modification that is made: the increases, the fines, all the distorting things that had to do with the litigation that have led to a paralysis of work, production and employment are removed; There remains the severance paythat remains”.
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“On this basis, a system is established that is an unemployment system, which can establish, with the collective agreement – which is negotiated by the chambers and the unions – alternatives that may be better for the parties,” he continued and stressed: “This is so important that if, after the collective agreement is negotiated, the worker or the employer does not want to adhere to the system, they do not adhere and are left with the compensation established in the employment contract.”
Source: Ambito
