Ismael Bermúdez
04/23/2020 - 10:21
- Clarín.com
- Economy
- Economy
After the quarantine, in the labor field, the agreements between the unions and the companies or group of companies to suspend personnel with reduced wages were accelerated . Thus, if the wage purchasing power suffered a reduction of 15% during the administration of Mauricio Macri, since the application of quarantine, an additional drop in the income of a significant portion of the registered workers is added.
According to a CEPA report (Center for Argentine Economic Policy) in these 30 days of quarantine, “3,070 cases of late payments, 54,030 de facto salary reductions, 8,480 cases of suspensions with salary reductions, and 231,483 cases of salary reductions agreed with the guild . In this last segment, the case of the metallurgists stands out, who agreed that there should be no layoffs in exchange for collecting 70% of wages, which represent some 126,000 cases, in addition to the oil tankers' agreement, which reaches some 64,500 cases ”.
For companies, these salary-reduced suspensions have an additional advantage because the 50% supplementary salary that ANSeS will pay and that will be received by private sector workers who are in crisis due to the coronavirus is applied to February salaries. Consequently, that 50% is much higher, on the order of 70%, over the agreed wages with salary reduction.
By DNU No. 376, this complementary salary may not be less than a minimum, vital and mobile salary ($ 16,875) or exceed two minimum, vital and mobile wages ($ 33,750), or the total net salary corresponding to that month. .
Regarding the methodology used for the survey, CEPA clarifies that "these are cases that have become public, so it is possible to omit situations that occur in the informal world - with companies without registration, one-person or family-and in those cases where the union absence or the absence of journalistic coverage has prevented the disclosure of contractual breaks or wage losses ”.
With this limitation, “the industry is the one that commands the agreements are salary reduction, with 79% of the cases (the weight of the agreement of the UOM and oil companies is significant), followed by commerce (11%), services (5%) and the primary sector (they are concentrated in mining, 4%) ”.
In industry, the Report highlights the agreement between UOM and the business chambers that consists of suspending layoffs for 120 days in exchange for reducing wages to 70%. Metalworkers reach some 126,000 cases. In that same sense, the hydrocarbon sector also announced a suspension of layoffs for 60 days and wages at 70%. Finally, there has been an agreement on suspensions with a salary reduction in most terminals in the automotive and auto parts sector ”.
In commerce, “there are prevalent cases of salary reductions, particularly in retail stores (they are concentrated in fast food chains and a significant number of restaurants), and suspensions with salary reductions, in the sector of home appliance sales ( Garbarino / Compumundo), and sports products sales houses (Dabra) ”. And "among the services, that related to recreation and tourism stands out, where there were numerous suspensions."
