The UIA has questioned bills that seek to change working formats

The Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) came out this Friday to question itself a series of projects which is being worked on in Congress and which aim to introduce changes in the labor market.

Among the initiatives under discussion is the one that promotes the reduction of the working day from eight to six hours and the employee participation in profit sharing.

Through a press release, the body expressed “its deep concern” for the set of projects that are being examined by the Labor Legislation Commission of the Chamber of Deputies.

The UIA described these initiatives as “projects that will have a negative impact on the generation of formal employment, production levels and business costs.

“In a national and international context that requires policies and consensus to relaunch economic activity, Argentina needs to build an agenda that enhances all its resources”, they underline.

Changes called into question

Specifically, the UIA questions projects that promote the increase of the prescription from 2 to 3 or 5 yearsthe reduction of the working day from 8 to 6 hours and the prohibition of agreeing days through collective bargaining.

They also reported “the increase in workers’ licenses and the amendment of Article 223 bis of the Labor Contract Code, including profit sharing as a condition for its approval”.

For the UIA these projects “they do not respond to the urgent challenges that Argentina faces”.

urgent challenges

Among these urgent challenges they cite the need to “reduce informality which leaves workers unprotected, increases unfair competition, defines the state and directs the tax burden on the formal sectors of the economy ”.

At the same time, the UIA warns that “giving priority to the agendas that hinder the generation of formal employment separates the country from a priority objective: to start a path of social, economic, productive and sustainable development”.

“With the aim of articulating consensual solutions to the challenges that await us, The UIA makes the work of its technical offices available to national legislatorsso that any new legislation or changes to existing regulations can count on the contribution of the women and men of the Argentine industry “, concludes the statement.

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