Behind him The last meeting failed Held on November 26 between representatives of workers and employers, The government was established unilaterally The new quantity of SMinimum vital and mobile salary for December This year, it was announced Monthly increases Staggered until August 2026.
In parallel, Resolution 9/2025 Published in Official Gazette Signed by the Alternative President of the Council, Claudia Silvana Testa, Determine the parameters for unemployment benefits.
According to this official text, the plan proposes new values for the minimum wage, which since August of this year has reached $322,200 per month, for the period between November 2025 and August of next year.
This is how the minimum wage amounts remain for the coming months:
The decision indicates that these values apply to all workers included in the labor contract system approved under Law No. 20744, in the agricultural labor system, in the national public administration and in national state entities and organizations that act as employers.
It also explains that Family allowances are excluded from calculating the minimum wage The conditions stipulated in Articles 92 III and 198 of Law No. 20744 shall be modified proportionately.
The Minimum Living and Mobile Wage (SMVM) is the minimum wage that any worker in a dependency relationship must receive for a day of work.
It is an official value Serves as a basic reference And that, in addition to setting minimum salaries, it affects other areas, such as retirement accounts, social programs, scholarships, subsidies and food rations, among various benefits.
At the last meeting, in which negotiations failed, the General Confederation of Labor proposed setting the minimum wage at $512,000 for November, with a pattern of gradual increases that would reach $553,000 in April 2026.
In parallel, the CTA indicated during the meeting that the three centers agreed in April that the minimum salaries should be $644,000, a figure that with gradual updating should reach $736,000 in November.
As for the business sector, it offered a maximum of $326,000 by the end of this year and $349,000 next April.
On the other hand, regarding Unemployment benefit The decision, stipulated in Article 118 of Law 24.013, indicates the maintenance of the formula in effect since September 2023, and indicates that the benefit will be equivalent to 75% of the net amount of the worker’s best, normal and usual monthly wage in the six months preceding the end of the contract.
Furthermore, it states that “the benefit may not be less than 50% of the current minimum wage nor more than 100% of it.”