The minister of Labor and Social Security (MTSS), Pablo Mieresconfirmed that this afternoon the work team will begin meeting to analyze how to improve the productivity in it Uruguaya claim from business centers for years.
“This afternoon (meets) the working group to improve productivity, with the participation of business and union actors and the Ministry,” said Mieres during the presentation of an employment monitor by the Center for Development Studies (CED).
The leader highlighted that employment and salaries are in a better situation than before the pandemicbut he highlighted that if corrections are not introduced in the production model, these improvements will be stressed and lost.
“We don’t want them to affect the employment nor does he salary and for that there have to be leaps in productivity, that is why this instance of work that begins today is very valuable,” he said.
Mieres, who warned that it will be a long discussion process, also clarified that “the issue of productivity is not an easy concept to deal with since it has differential applications depending on whether it is jobs linked to one sector or another.” “Productivity in services is not the same as in industrial activity, even by company there may be differences,” he explained.
Asked if the size of the companies will be considered in the discussion of the salary councils, Mieres acknowledged that the issue has been on the table. “I think it is pertinent, that is, it is not the same in large companies as in small and Uruguay It has 96% of companies that are between small and micro,” he recalled.
“It is also true that there may be small companies with very high profitability and it is not easy to make those cuts with a specific variable,” he clarified, however.
“It seems to me that we have to continue working, to see if we can find ways that what matters to me is to improve collective bargaining so that it is more fair,” said the MTSS minister.
Source: Ambito
