The Social Security Bank will pay the recognized debts, that is, the basic remuneration received by former workers.
The government established a fund to pay through the Social Security Bank (BPS)the recognized post-bankruptcy credits of the former workers of the sanatorium House of Galiciathat is, the basic remunerations they received, excluding food, intermediate breaks, overtime, bonuses, and all other marginal remunerations.
The payment by the BPS will be paid in a single opportunity up to the nominal sum equivalent to 30,000 Indexed Units (UI)about 178,842 pesos at today’s price, and the right to collection will expire 60 days after the fund is established, as reported by Subrayado.
The fund is made up of transfers of up to 54.7 million UI from General Revenuesequivalent to more than 8.3 million dollars, according to official quotes this Wednesday.
Some 200 former Casa de Galicia employees could use the government fund
A former doctor from Casa de Galicia assured this medium that they do not rule out that professionals with few years of work and low salary debts accept the offered payment. From the 2,030s workers understood, it is estimated that up to 200 of them could use this tool.
Although the legislators of Open Town Hall (CA) and those of Broad Front (FA)along with a couple of legislators from National Party (PN)had approved a law with greater availability of money, it was partially vetoed by the President of the Republic Luis Lacalle Pou at the end of 2023. Finally, the current cap was approved.
Lacalle Pou He then stated that the decision was based on “constitutional, economic and justice reasons” and that at the same time Executive power “they threw the burden” of the problem on him. “This is not due to government action, this is due to poor administration by a mutual company,” she pointed out on that occasion.
The total debt that Casa de Galicia maintains with the former workersboth medical and non-medical, amounts to more than 42 million dollars.
Source: Ambito
