The key axis of our society in terms of employment, beyond the doctrinal struggles and controversies, refers us to a dilemma between a society built on participation in the labor market or a society that ensures the right to a certain group, regardless of the labor counterparts that may exist.
In any of the cases, no one disputes that everything related to the world of work is fundamental, since it is a tool for social inclusion and survival. Now, the task we have to reflect on how the conception of work has evolved is inevitable in order to understand and know the present and anticipate the future of work.
The modern and future conception of work has rejected the notion of the end of work, derived from unemployment insurance to protect the involuntary employee, the one who works because he should and not because he wants to. The former discourages formal employment and widens the gap between production and social inclusion through decent work.
The current dynamics of labor law and its consequent, employment, has triggered all doubts. For instance. Salaried work and governed by a rigid schedule has gradually evolved into new forms.
In recent years, the issue of labor flexibility has been at the center of the economic debate in our country. Many economists and businessmen consider that labor market regulations slow down job creation, affect competitiveness and limit economic growth, thus not fully exploiting the potential of the liberalization of other factor, goods and service markets.
In contrast, we laborists do not understand the same thing. Unemployment and production stagnation is characterized by low levels of education and training in human capital and by the setback that labor laws produce in labor relations.
This difference in perception not only reflects legitimately differentiated interests, but also the complexity of the analysis of the functioning of labor markets. To this it contributes that the labor institutionality has to fulfill a double executive, that is to say, contribute to an efficient functioning of the labor markets and reinforce the position of the structurally less strong actors in these markets, and thereby contribute to decent working conditions. .
A framework favorable to the generation of employment can stimulate economic growth and production, regulations that favor training, education and the formation of human capital, which lead to prosperous and efficient wages whose only consequence is to boost productivity and policies of income that can intensify domestic demand.
However, labor regulations can also be obstacles in this regard, if they are not designed properly.
The definition of what is “adequate” cannot be made abstracting from the historical context and idiosyncrasies of each country. There is no optimal regulation valid in any historical context and for any country. Since the labor market is an institution of social inclusion and its task depends on the acceptance of the rules by the actors (Worker and Employer).
For this, these rules require a minimum adaptation with the economic, social and political environment.
Now, this environment is currently characterized by an acceleration of the constant dynamic processes of change, caused by technological advances and a greater integration of markets.
Although the volatility of growth has decreased, this poses a major challenge for economic policy, as well as for the design of the institutions that determine the functioning of labor markets, which, until today, have failed.
Source From: Ambito
