“We must achieve salary equality between men and women; the contract for the provision of non-labor services, which covers up an employment relationship in a lying way, only to overexploit the worker, must go down in history”, said the president.
Colombia News.
In the midst of the first forum on ‘Labor Formalization Challenges in Ibero-America’ held by the Ibero-American Social Security Organization in Bogotá, President Gustavo Petro spoke about the labor and pension reform, but also the service provision contracts that he will present next year.
“In the formal world we believe that the contract for the provision of services, not labor, that covers up a labor relationship in a lying way; only to over-exploit the worker, it must go down in history and return to agreed labor relations,” said the president.
In addition, he insisted that this will not end the economy.
“What I see is that the most developed economies have higher salaries than us.”
In the middle of his speech, he pointed out that he must move forward so that men and women have the same salary level, in addition to the elimination of service provision contracts.
finish contracts
Meanwhile, the director of the Administrative Department of Public Function, pointed out, in an interview with Blu Radio, that there are 911,440 contracts for the provision of services currently in the State.
In addition, he reiterated the commitment of this government to finish them and although it is expected that it will be a process that will take some time
pension reform
He also referred to the pension reform and warned that about 60% of older adults today are without an allowance
And it is that another 20% are receiving $80,000 pesos per month, which in the current context is just $16.
Why is this first forum important for ???
Based on the experiences of the countries present, we will be able to count on tools to progress on the path of formalization and in the labor reform that we will carry out in a tripartite manner.??#TheChangeForFormalization pic.twitter.com/MQbfcKut0c– MinWork (@MintrabajoCol) October 20, 2022
For this reason, Petro insisted that the pension reform must move to a pillar system to contribute up to a certain amount in Colpensiones.
The president insisted that with those resources that will come from the contributions, an allowance of half a million pesos can be delivered to older adults without a pension.
For her part, the Minister of Labor, Gloria Inés Ramírez, announced that on October 24 the tables will be installed to begin the analysis of the labor and pension reforms, in addition to the salary increase minimum.
