ART: the share that covers Covid rises and will now be adjusted monthly

From July will increase the monthly fee per worker that companies must pay to the Occupational Diseases Trust Fund of the Occupational Risks System. The tax will range from $ 111.75 to $ 127.65.

The increase is to cover the strong deficit of that Fund which he took charge of finance the treatment, medical expenses and compensation of workers infected or deceased by Covid covered by ART.

Also, from now on the value of the installment will be adjusted monthly according to the change in the Average Taxable Remuneration of Stable Workers (RIPTE) according to Resolution 649/2022 of the Ministry of Labor, Labor and Social Security published Tuesday in the Official Gazette. Only domestic staff will maintain the quarterly adjustment.

So far, the canon responsible for companies and this entails about 10 million workers insured, adjusted quarterly from the RIPTE Index.

However, the Labor Resolution states that “in consideration of the expenses that the aforementioned Fund has to face e in order to allow adequate funding over time, it is imperative to establish a mechanism for updating one’s resources that is agile, sustained and more appropriate to changes in the monthly average of wages corresponding to registered workers.

The ART Occupational Illness Fund is in serious deficit and is one of the main reasons why the system would have stopped covering all workers from the consequences of Covid and from 1 January it reaches only health workers and security forces.

The rest must demonstrate in front of the medical committees of the system that the infection was in the workplace and the consequences it caused. If the Medical Commission rejects the statement relating to the working nature of the disease or the recognition of possible sequelae, the worker can appeal to the court.

For its part, the Fund accumulates a deficit of several billion pesos. I have pending the payment of large sums to relatives of workers killed by Covid. And with his current resources he cannot afford the benefits and compensation of the system.

For this, Labor was adjusting the value of the quota allocated to the Fund: in April 2021, due to Covid, it went from 0.60 to 40 dollars per worker, then it had other adjustments until it reached 111.75 dollars in February. . Now, Trabajo has updated the installment value and its monthly adjustment to $ 127.65.

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