President Alberto Fernández signed a decree to advance in the process of linking social plans with genuine employment, for which as of the entry into force of this measure, no new registrations will be granted in the Empower Work, Empower Youth Inclusion, Nexus and Plus Essential, reported official sources.
Instead, The planned transfers will be destined to the productive management units for the acquisition of capital goods and labor insertion..
For that matter, President Alberto Fernández received the Chief of Staff, Juan Manzur, in his office at the Casa Rosada; the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, and the Ministers of Labor, Raquel “Kelly” Olmos, and of Social Development, Victoria Tolosa Paz, and signed the decree, which will be published tomorrow in the Official Gazette.
The decree also instructs the National Procurement Office to include in the general terms and conditions, a margin of preference for bidders who prove a minimum of 5% of workers linked to the “Bridge to Employment” Program.
And it grants in favor of the Work Cooperatives of the Popular Economy 30% of the National Public Works with amounts of up to 300 million pesos, under the corresponding contracting modality.
Likewise, it instructs the Ministries of Social Development, Labor and Economy to designate their representatives in the Council of the Popular Economy and the Complementary Social Salary (Cepssc), created by Law 27,345 of Public Emergency.
It also summons the organizations registered in the Registry of Associations of Workers of the Popular Economy and of Basic Subsistence to designate the representatives that will integrate the aforementioned Council.
Cepssc’s mission is to promote an “Agenda for the Institutionalization and Development of the Popular Economy”, with the objectives of strengthening production, formalizing workers, and promoting access to credit and state purchases for the undertakings of the Popular Economy. .
After the meeting, Tolosa Paz said at a press conference that the decree “puts a ceiling on the people of Empower Work”, which is 1,350,000 beneficiaries, and pointed out that “it was made in agreement with the social movements.”
The official indicated that the ministry in charge of her is going to redistribute the amounts of casualties, about 10,000 monthly, “in the acquisition of machines and tools for the production of goods and services” for the recipients of the plan, or also “with an offer education and job training.
He also acknowledged that there is the possibility of granting “a reinforcement” in the Universal Child Allowance (AUH) and in the Food Card by the end of the year, something that “is studied jointly in the Ministries of Social Development and Labor and in the Anses”.
In another order, Tolosa Paz said that “food” will be guaranteed for the population below the indigence line, “to respond” to a sector that “in the last semester rose from 8.2% to 8.8 %”, in addition to carrying out “works in indigent homes”.
Meanwhile, Olmos stated that for job creation “a dialogue mechanism with the production chains will be worked on to identify unsatisfied demand,” with “instruments that we have, such as training, training and subsidies, either through part of the salary as in the deduction of labor contributions”.
And on the other hand, the Minister of Labor announced that the Salary Council will be convened for the second half of this month.
