President Javier Milei spoke of a fire plan 70,000 public employeesso the goal was reduced to 15,000, but today no one knows for sure what the true number is. People start talking about a drip important in several agencies, but there is little official information. The cut appears to target those who are similar today hiredthat is, those who They did not have access to the permanent or temporary facility. The permanent ones ensured stability. Transitional ones not so much. Those hired, even if they have been serving for many years, are close to termination, which interrupts the employment relationship with the expiry of the last signed contract.
In that sea of nuances and doubts, Wednesday the Decree 280/2024 which, in the case of public employment, presents some significant data.
The decree talks about the reallocation of budget items given that today we continue to work with the 2023 Budget Law.
In the case of public employment, article 2 of the Decree states ” Determine the total places and teaching hours for each jurisdiction and body of the national Administration, as detailed in the form attached to this article. Noor increases in assignments and teaching hours exceeding the established total may be approved. in the form attached to this article.”
Subsequently, the decree states: “In order to proceed with an orderly execution of the budget and monitor the evolution of their respective staffing levels, jurisdictions and entities must send to the Ministry of Finance the information corresponding to all facilities and hiring of the staff. The Ministry of Finance must publish this report on its website.
A outgoing data of the annex is that there will be budget items to cover the corresponding salary expenditure 373,098 permanent employees and only 11,613 temporary ones. If any addiction overtakes it, there is no way to finance it. This is only Public Administration, there are no companies or universities. If it includes the Armed and Security Forces.
The latest data available on the Ministry of Finance website indicates, as of September 2023, that in the National Executive there are:
- 292,896 permanent and temporary positions e 70,253 hiredwhich gives a total of 363,149.
- But at the same time there are another 34,103 permanent and temporary positions, plus 1,518 on contract, in other non-financial public sector entities.
- Finally, in State-owned companies and corporations There are 57,560 permanent and temporary positions and 1,516 contract positions. In this case there are notable differences with a specific Treasury report on state-owned enterprises and enterprises, in which a workforce of almost 92,000 people is accused.
The grand total of all these categories gives 457,846 employees who depend on the national state. It is a mystery to establish today where the scissors will pass.
Those who know the complexities of national public administration and its different contractual forms point out that the most vulnerable employee sector in terms of stability is that governed by the working conditions established in the Decree 2098 of 2008.
This decree sought to establish mechanisms for temporary employees to gradually transition to permanent staff. There are competitions for the employees themselves – no outsiders are allowed – and at the time of Mauricio Macri’s government there was talk of transferring almost 30 thousand employees to the plant. This objective was not achieved even during the government of Alberto Fernández.
This may be the case of temporary workers who renew their contracts for 20 years. In case of dismissal, according to labor justice it was an undeclared employment relationship and the State will end up paying compensation.
Source: Clarin
