In the first twelve months of the Government of Javier Milei, the transfer of workers in the salaried sector to the monotributista was radicalized.
In the public sector and in the private sector: the tendency of the fall of the formal employment It is accentuated so far this year. To detriment to the deterioration of salaried and registered positions, the independent work and social monotax.
The latest records of the Ministry of Labor of the Nation They point out that salaried employment fell 1.8% in interannual terms, which is equivalent to 186,500 workers less in twelve months, with a sensitive decrease in the personnel of private houses (-3.3%), in addition to the private sector ( -1.9%) and the public (-1.5%).
In that context, In twelve months, 37,386 more people were registered with the social monotax in Argentinapassing from the 634,720 of November 2023 to 672,106 of the same month last year. That growth represents 5.9%, which also supports 2.4% increase in independent workers.
HeSocial monotax It is intended for people who carry out an economic activity and are in a situation of socioeconomic vulnerability, with inferior income to the minimum vital and mobile salary. That is why they are exempt from the payment of the tax and pension component of the monotax and only pay 50% of the corresponding to the social work. Yes ok The government intended to eliminate this regime During the debate of the Base Law, the opposition in Congress finally avoided the measure.
The private sector lost 119,000 workers in the Javier Milei era
During the first 12 months of the government of Javier Milei (December 2023 to November 2024), the registered employment In the salaried private sector registered a fall in 119,000 positionspassing from 6,385,000 to 6,266,000 workers.
As for public employment, there was a fall in 51,000 workerswhile private house staff decreased in 15,000 positions. On the other hand, the number of monotributistas increased in 25,000reaching 2,062,000 registered.
In general terms, the total registered workers In Argentina it was reduced from 13,392,000 to 13,281,000according to the official data of the Labor Secretariatdependent on Human Capital Ministry.
Source: Ambito
