Ismael Bermudez
07/28/2021 17:48
Clarín.com
Economy
Updated 07/28/2021 5:52 PM
With half sanction from the Senate, the Bill to create a
differential pension
scheme
for wine workers and contractors of vineyards and fruit trees
advances in Deputies
.
Because it is an activity of
premature aging
and to equalize the rights of vineyard workers with the rest of agricultural workers, the project establishes that workers in the sector will be able to retire at
57 years of age, with 25 years of services with contributions,
while the employer contribution to the pension system will increase by 2 percentage points (from 16 to 18%).
Based on the salary categories and the years of contributions, it is estimated that these workers would retire with the minimum amount of money (today $ 23,065).
In the case of having alternately performed other activities of any nature, "in order to determine the requirements for the granting of ordinary retirement, a proration will be made based on the age limits and services required for each class of tasks or activities. ”Specifies the project.
The Commission of Social Security and Social Security, Labor Legislation and Budget and Finance of Deputies asked the Congressional Budget Office (OPC) to evaluate the fiscal impact of the project with the approval of the Senate, presented by the official senator Anabel Fernández Sagasti .
With some changes to what was approved by the Senate, in the Commission the project was accompanied by the ruling party and with
partial dissent by the deputies of Juntos por el Cambio,
conditional on the Report of the Congressional Budget Office (OPC) on the fiscal impact of the project.
Once this Report is known, it is discounted that Together for Change
will vote in favor of the project,
according to
what Deputy Alejandro Cacace
told
Clarín.
According to the estimates of the OPC, the contributing population reached by the project is estimated at
35,700 people.
On the income side, the fiscal impact of the 2 percentage point (2%) increase in employer contributions is projected at $ 131 million.
"According to the estimates made, based on the information available and under certain assumptions, the increase in cases of retirement age caused by the reduction of the retirement age (greater than or equal to 57 years) was estimated at 2,115 people", he says The report.
.
In order to estimate the impact of the higher expenses, five hypotheses of percentages of high withdrawals during the first year were considered, ranging from 20% to 100% of said population, with an associated expense of between $ 131 million and $ 634 million.
Assuming that 20% of the increase in retirement age cases are registered, the fiscal impact would be neutral since the higher expenses are offset by the increase in collection.
Under a hypothesis of 50% additions, the fiscal cost associated with the Bill would amount to $ 187 million and with 100% adhesion
it would rise to $ 504 million.
