As other portfolios have done, the future Minister of Labor, Jeannette Jaramet this Tuesday with the current head Patrick Melero, ahead of the transfer of command on March 11. After the appointment, Jara maintained that the 40-hour work day will be “central” in his management and also closed the door to an upcoming withdrawal of pension funds.
In the instance, they discussed issues such as the pension reform, the Universal Guaranteed Pension (PGU), the employment situation, among other matters.
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Regarding the reduction of the working day, the future head of Labor stated that “we are going to review all the gradualities that are necessary in order to be able to implement 40 hours”
“It is central for us to reach the standards of the entire OECD international system where the reduction of the working day, also accompanied by an increase in productivity that is necessary for our country and in employability, are combined as complementary measures”, Jara added.
“It is a job that we are going to do from day one,” he emphasized.
Close the door to the next retreat
The next Secretary of State also closed the door to an upcoming withdrawal of pension savings. “Our interest is that the issue of pensions is addressed in depth, as well as that workers have the necessary support so that they do not have to resort to their own pension funds again to alleviate the effects of the health and social crisis. “, she maintained.
“We must advance to a social security model where the main axis is not only on the shoulders of the workers, with a contribution that is tripartite, and also with elements of solidarity, and the presence of the State,” he continued.
“It will be carried out through a process of tripartite and participatory social dialogue, in order to raise a project that addresses the structural issue in terms of pensions,” Jara added.
For his part, Minister Melero, by way of balance, highlighted the recovery of 80% of jobs destroyed by the Covid-19 pandemic and having improved “2 million 100 thousand old-age pensions, 2 million 400 thousand in total if we add disability pensions.
