The national government, headed by the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies, proposes to regulate more than 700 digital platforms that operate in the country.
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The decision was made known at a tripartite dialogue table, advanced by Mintrabajo, in which different scenarios and new ways of working are analyzed.
According to the governmentthe regulation of this industry contributes to supply primary needs and contribute to the country’s productivity.
“Regardless of the type of work, how it is generated, where there is a worker there must be a guarantee so that there is no precariousness, which means that there is social security protection,” said the Minister of Labor, Gloria Inés Ramirez.
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For her part, the ICT Minister, Sandra Milena Urrutia, said that the lack of regulation of digital platforms is a debt owed to the country: “Precisely all the experiences of both the workers, the people who contribute in this relationship that is so important to the exercise for society have suffered, as well as the businessmen, and it is the golden moment to agree, to be able to bring a proposal and have a framework regulations that lead to this progress because digital issues are the future and the present”.
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