The government will hold a meeting between the Minister for Deregulation, Federico FalleneggerAnd Legislator of La Libertad Avanza the next Tuesday, December 9th that the official explains the structural reforms that will be discussed in the extraordinary meetings.
This was confirmed by various sources in the ruling party. The Chronicler. According to them, the meeting will take place before submitting the document May Councilwhich will present a final report explaining what was worked on during the year at the monthly meetings at Casa Rosada.
On the same day, the government plans to send the final text of the reforms. Fallenegger, for example, served as the representative of the executive branch in the Council and was also the one who drafted the draft Work modernization. Now it is Tax reform focused on the economic sector managed by the minister Luis Caputo.
Tuesday’s meeting, which has not yet decided whether it will take place in Congress or in Balcarce 50, will also be attended by the Minister of Deregulation. Alejandro Cacaceand the Minister for State Transformation, Maximiliano Farinathat one too They have already held meetings with MPs this Tuesday.
Not only will it be a formality for the initiation of the reforms, but it is also part of the “Training” that the government has found out from the campaign for those elected to defend the president’s agenda Javier Milei in Congress.
Both the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Martin Menemas Secretary General of the Presidium, Karina Mileiorganized internal meetings to teach legislative techniques. Some even had the participation of the head of state himself in the Quinta de Olivos and Casa Rosada some time ago.
It is expected that the technical meetings between powers are also carried out in other areas such as health: The Chronicler knew that the minister Mario Lugones He also intends to work with representatives and senators on the agenda.
For the time being, the focus is on the projects that will be discussed in extraordinary meetings The ruling party hopes to show off with the broad representation it will have in both chambers from December 10th. In this way, the administration wants to ensure that lawmakers have the technical tools to defend and explain the spirit of the projects in the face of a debate that will polarize Congress for months.
The main points of labor reform
The government is waiting until Tuesday to make the announcement official version of the work modernization project, but a draft has already been leaked that provides further details about where the reform will be aimed.
In this text Civil servants, agricultural workers and the self-employed are excluded in the plantation area of the standard. In addition, the definition of the term work, the principle of the most favorable standard for the employee and the application of the law are defined without foregoing the letter of protection.
One of the highlights of the text is the creation of a Overtime compensation systemwith systems Hour bankCompensation francs and other methods of controlling hours worked, which are essentially shifts the focus from immediate payment with a surcharge to compensation systems within the framework of compliance with the statutory minimum breaks.
Again, makes vacation use more flexible and allows employers and employees to agree on a split of leave, with each chunk being at least 7 days long. As a counterbalance, add this Obligation of the employer to grant vacation Summer time at least every three years to the worker.
Regarding the AntiqueThe project maintains and legally confirms the general formula of 1 month’s salary per year of service or fraction of more than 3 months, based on the best, normal and usual monthly salary of the last year “Vizzoti” doctrine This set the criterion that the upper limit must not reduce the base by more than 33%. As a counterweight, it opens the door Work Termination Fund which implies a savings mechanism to offset monthly contributions.
To “combat” unregistered work, the project proposes the creation of one Incentive system for the formalization of work (RIFL) that provides benefits to employers who hire newly registered workers for a period of one year since the law came into force. This is one of the points that is not yet fully understood in detail What will the fine regulations look like?.
Another breaking point with the current regime concerns the Employees of digital platforms and delivery staffwho are not provided for in the current employment contract law and are therefore considered employees. The text explains that “independent platform workers” are outside the LCT and establishes a Special regulation with certain protective measures – freedoms – but without any dependency relationship.
Meanwhile regarding the Union areaThe project exacerbates conditions for collective conflict by increasing the number of services considered essential services, strengthening regulation and sanctioning of union behavior deemed abusive, and introducing competition between unions by allowing internal corporate organizations access to legal status. Nothing is said about the abolition of solidarity contributionsas was speculated.
In any case, the Government has acknowledged that this first draft is not the final draft there will be further changes presented in the project. Everything is defined on December 9th.
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