The jobs of unregistered wage earners reached a record of 5,776,000 in the fourth quarter of 2023, which marks the
greatest job insecurity and the highest poverty rates
, even among those who are registered, according to the “account of income generation and labor input” that was disseminated by INDEC.
Despite the fall in real wages and labor costs, unregistered employees rose from 4,753,000 in the fourth quarter of 2016 (39.8% of total private employees) to 43.5% at the end of last year. And it is estimated that it is the
sector most affected by the end-of-year devaluation
and the increase in inflation: in December and January, they had a nominal increase in their salaries of 19.65% versus an average increase in prices of more than 51, 35%.
In relation to a year ago, the INDEC Report indicates that in the fourth quarter of 2023, total jobs have an
increase of 3.6%
compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Registered salaried
jobs
increased by 2.3%
,
unregistered jobs by 6.4%
and non-salaried jobs
by 3.2%.
The 5,776,000 informal jobs are equivalent to 43.5% of a total of 13,264,000 jobs for private salaried employees.
In total, jobs total 23,045,000, which are broken down as follows:
Registered private sector
: 7,488,000
Public sector:
3,800.00
Not registered:
5,776,000
On own account:
5,981,000
In
four activities, there are more unregistered employees than registered ones
: among the staff of
private homes,
out of 1,701,000 jobs, 1,206,000 are not registered (70.9%), despite official incentives to register employees. the domestic employees. In agriculture and livestock, 637,000 are not registered versus 327,000 registered.
Meanwhile, in the
Construction
sector there are 550,000 who are not registered, against 441,000 who are. And in
private social and health services
, 381,000 are not registered and 333,000 are.
All these official data mark the strong advance of job insecurity. And, together with the deterioration of salaries, the cost of labor was decreasing, from which it is inferred that the participation of workers in the billing levels of companies was falling taking into account the recovery of the economy after the downturn due to the pandemic. of Covid.
Coinciding with INDEC, based on data from the fourth quarter of last year, the Directorate of Statistics and Censuses of the City of Buenos Aires reported that “27.3% of the salaried population does not receive retirement discounts from their employer. This registry is made up of 9.9% who make contributions on their own despite being in a subordinate position, plus 17.4% who are outside of social security.”
In turn, “
38.5% of the young salaried population
(between 19 and 29 years old)
is in a precarious job situation
, a figure that is well above that corresponding to the entire salaried population of the City.”
Those who
are not registered lack social work,
have lower salaries, do not have coverage for work accidents and are not entitled to
Social Security
retirement and pension benefits .
Furthermore, it explains why upon reaching retirement age
they do not meet the 30 years of contributions
to access retirement, and have to resort to moratoriums,
assuming payment for the periods not contributed by their employers.
Or retire with the PUAM (Universal Pension for the Elderly) with 80% of the minimum salary, regardless of the years contributed and without the right to the spouse's widow's pension.
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