The Government’s decision to advance the minimum wage increase was made official

Through Resolution 6/2022 published this Wednesday in the Official Gazette, the Government made official the decision to initial increase of the minimum wagevital and mobile is scheduled for 2022, which will be $ 45,540 beginning June 1, while the hourly rate for day-to-day workers is set at $ 227.70.

The regulations change to Resolution 4/2022 published on March 25 promotes the increase which in principle was granted by the Salary Council August and Decemberto complete the increases arranged for this year.

The fact is that the proposal was made official this Wednesday in the new resolution of the Minister of Labor. Claudio Moroni, and after the project presented on Thursday by national representative Máximo Kirchner, in which he demanded to end the payment of increases in the minimum vital and mobile wage along with the July salary, which will be paid in August.

As reported Clarionknow the proposal two days before INDEC reports the inflation rate for April, which will be more than 5%.

In a resolution published this Wednesday in the Official Gazette, it was also specified that starting August 1, the minimum wage will increase to $ 47,850 for monthly workers and the amount of time for daily workers would be $ 239.30.

In addition, the minimum and maximum amounts of unemployment benefit will be updated. The scales are as follows: $ 12,650 and $ 21,083, respectively, on June 1. And $ 13,292 and $ 22,153, respectively, on August 1. There will also be improvements to the Empower Work program.

In the recital of the regulations, it was highlighted that in the area of ​​the Salary Council it was highlighted that “the recovery of wages is a priority and forms a necessary condition for the economy to maintain reactivation.” “For this, all the necessary instruments must be developed so that the income of male and female workers grows in real terms,” he added.

“The difficulty of an immediate meeting with the National Council for Employment, Productivity and the Minimum, Vital and Mobile Wage, necessitates the issuance of the proposal until the said body meets again,” it featured.

In the proposal presented by Máximo Kirchner and with the support of Hugo Yasky, Juan Carlos Alderete and Sergio Palazzo, among others, it favored the intention to advance until July all increases in the minimum wage scheduled for 2022.

The project requested the Executive Power to 45% increase set in March the Salary Council will be paid in August and not in January 2023.

“The evolution of SMVM is important and serves as a reference for various labor negotiation opportunities; it establishes increase percentages that update Unemployment Insurance, setting hourly amounts for day-to-day workers; and they are being considered for updates of the Empower Work and Progress Scholarships program “, established by lawmakers.

Because it was a draft resolution, this initiative only encouraged Executive Power to move forward with the initiative but did not allow the issue to become the agenda of legislative debate.

The CGT celebrated the proposal

For its part, the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) welcomed the Government’s decision to push for an increase in the minimum wage and stressed that the proposal was a result of “consistent and continuous conversation” with the Ministry of Labor.

Also, in a statement released on Tuesday the union center indicated that the increase “was made effective based on the ongoing monitoring of prices and wages conducted by the CGT and the Ministry of Labor with the aim of maintaining the reference values. Of salary, which also has an impact on the amounts of various social benefits such as Empower Work, Companion Program and Unemployment Insurance, among others ”.

“In line with the call made at that time by the Ministry of Labor for various activities to reopen or promote their equities, the increase of SMVM agreed for August and December respectively will be advanced to preserve their purchasing power ”, This is highlighted in another section of the document.

Finally, the CGT re -declared that “joint ventures are the tool to maintain purchasing power of workers and workers “.

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