03/04/2021 9:06 AM
Clarín.com
Economy
Updated 03/04/2021 9:24 AM
Formosa governor Gildo Insfrán announced
a 42% increase for state employees that will be divided into three tranches.
In addition, he announced an
increase in the minimum out-of-pocket amount for teachers
.
With this salary agreement, the
province of Formosa marks a record of increase throughout the country.
From this salary agreement.
This decision is in line with the intention of the national government that this year wages "beat inflation."
Insfrán made the announcement accompanied by union members and by the general secretary of CGT Formosa, Hilario Martínez, who faced the joint negotiations together with the Governor himself and the province's Minister of Economy, Jorge Ibáñez.
All those involved in the agreement recognized that this increase is in itself an acknowledgment of the enormous effort that all provincial workers have made throughout the pandemic.
Formosa is the province with the lowest rate of Covid-19 cases in the entire country
with 145 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and so far only 19 deaths have been regretted between March 2020 and February 2021.
The provincial president explained that “an increase in the salaries of the personnel of the Provincial Public Administration of 42% is established, in accordance with the following percentage schedule and effective as of the months indicated:
20% from the 1st of March, 12% as of July 1 and 10% as of September 1 ”.
Likewise, the governor maintained that the measures include the beneficiaries of the Social Security Fund of the province of Formosa, which, unlike what happens at the national level and in the rest of the provinces, guarantees 82% mobile for retirees thanks to its financial autonomy.
On the other hand, the provincial president stressed that the measures include the beneficiaries of the Social Security Fund of the province of Formosa.
Unlike what happens at the national level and in the rest of the provinces, and thanks to its financial autonomy, Formosa guarantees 82% mobile for retirees.
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