It is not the first time that in the Argentine Republic It is recalled in the fallacious and already experienced argument that flexible the labor rights of workers (in Creole, reduce them in quality and quantity) that will immediately have an impact on Improvements in employability Because, as if by magic, that would generate a “Rain” of investments.
In the 90sunder the command Menemistthe so -called were implemented “JUGO CONTRACTS”the test period extension (as established today by the Milei government), the Curtaining Labor Compensationamong other measures that They weakened the worker’s guardianship.
The result? Mass layoffs, compensation which ended in “parripoles”, remitry, kiosks, announcers and Paddle courts. A Overoferta of services which resulted in Foundry of thousands of families And then in the 2001 social outbreak.
With the Milei libertarian reformthey were eliminated special compensation that sanctioned the unregistered employmentlack of payment in time and form, and the delivery of contribution documentation. It was also increased to 6 months the trial periodamong other modifications.
The result? Himself. According to data from INDEChe unemployment amounts to 7.9% And keep up. Large companies They say goodbye massivelyand workers migrate to Platform economy as drivers, cadets and distributors of apps.
Employment It does not increase by changing labor laws.
The central problem of the government is that, repeating what already failed in the 90sexpect different results.
Where does the Technical error? In Believe that employability depends on normative reforms and not from Increased internal economic activity.
In contexts where the National GDP greweven with inflation, the employment increasedthe salaries were more competitive and the labor fluctuations were normal.
Reforming labor law does not generate investmentsbecause the libertarian model is based on the Primarization of the economy (with less use than the industrial model) and in the Import of goods and servicesthat destroys local jobs.
The data does not lie: more people seek work, but less get
The INDEC official data corresponding to the first quarter of 2025 They strongly denied the argument that labor laws prevent generating employment. The activity rate rose 51.2% to 51.8%, indicating that More people looked for work. But the employment fell 45.7% to 44.4% and unemployment increased from 6.1% to 7.9%.
That is to say: There were more people willing to work, but less real positions.
This happened After suppressing key labor guarantees through the Base law.
This Evidence contrast than the problem They are not labor lawsbut the Lack of policies that generate genuine employment. The data show that There is no positive correlation between flexibility and employability. On the contrary, even with weakened norms, the Unemployment grows.
The Official narrative What blames the Labor Law of unemployment is functional to adjustmentbut It lacks empirical support.
The reality is clear: the Rights cut and compensation Not only It did not generate employmentbut destroyed about 200,000 formal positions.
The new Government’s ideological amboutframed in your “Cultural battle”seeks Remove rights With the promise that this will generate future benefits in jobs. But that promise already failed before.
It will not be a labor reform that improves the conditions of Argentine workersmuch less the Generate employment.
For there Real employability expectationsit is necessary stimulate production and developmentsomething that requires exactly the opposite to what proposes the Current speculative and rental model: one has to Accompany the productive sectorNot abandon it.
Source: Ambito
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