The Government did not reach agreement on Tuesday after meeting with the National Employment Council, Productivity and Minimum, Vital and Mobile Salary. In addition to the new salary floor, unemployment benefits were also discussed and there was no coincidence in either point.
In this way, as has been happening since the beginning of the management of Javier Milei, the minimum vital and mobile salary will be determined by the Government by decree.
The three workers unified criteria and requested an SMVM for April $ 644,165 and $ 657,703 for Maywith an increase around 120%. For its part, The business offered $ 301,500 for April, $ 306,500 for May and $ 311,500 for June, 1.3% increase. Given these positions so remote, it went to an intermediate room.
The debate between the business chambers, the three union centrals and representatives of the Government was advanced and began at 10 in the morning. The call for the meeting was given after the inflationary acceleration of March and the Increase in the price of the official dollarfactors that led the Inflation to the 4% monthly zonequite above the last adjustments agreed in most peers.
The call was formalized through the Official Gazette – with the publication of Resolution 1/2025, signed by Sandra Pettovello -, and will take place this Tuesday, April 29 from 10. The plenary session will be held virtually.
During the meeting, two counselors of each sector will be present for the subscription of the minutes.
Before the meeting, the three union centrals of the country, CGT and the two CTA met with the end of aging positions. One of the primary foci was the claim “for a worthy SMVM, since in the Milei era that reference lost 30% of purchasing power, “according to estimates of the autonomous CTA.
It is worth remembering that the minimum wage It affects the floor of the retirement assets, the value of unemployment insurance, and acts as an ordering variable for the calculation of the assignments and the income tax.
¿When was the last increase in the minimum wage?
The last update of the SMVM It dates back to December 2024, when, given the lack of agreement between the business sector and trade union organizations, the Executive Power made the decision to set the new amounts through a decree.
In this way, a salary floor of $ 279,718 was established for the per month with full legal day as of December 1. This measure was complemented with staggered increases for the following months: $ 286,711 in January 2025, $ 292,446 in February and $ 296,832 in March.
For the workers, the values per hour were set andN $ 1,399 in December, $ 1,434 in January, $ 1,462 in February and $ 1,484 in March.
This time, the doctor was also appointed Claudia Silvana Testa as Alternate President of the Council and President of the Minimum, vital and mobile salary commission and unemployment benefitsin his capacity as Undersecretary of Labor Relations of the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security of the Ministry of Human Capital.
Source: Ambito
