This year in Peru there will be 16 holidaysa figure that is above the 12 in 2020. This situation decreases productivity and increases cost overruns in some businesses, business associations warned.
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In statements to Peru21the president of the Exporters Association (ADEX), Julio Pérez, stated that, in the case of his sector, costs increase when they ship in holidays because “the free days that exist in our country do not apply to clients from abroad.”
“The situation is very critical because foreign clients do not care that we have these non-working days, they ask that the times be met. All this makes us unproductive, more expensive, more inefficient,” he added.
In that sense, he reported that they are coordinating with the Minister of Labor and Employment Promotion, Daniel Maurate, so that the four holidays that were incorporated in recent years.
Recently, Maurate announced that the elimination of some of these days off will be included as a topic of debate in the next session of the National Labor Council (CNT).
Julio Pérez pointed out that if Peru aims to be part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), it must consider that in member countries, the average between holidays and vacations amounts to 30 days, while in our economy in total there are 46 (30 for vacations and 16 for holidays).
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REJECTION IN THE MAJORITY
A recent survey of Ipsos Peru for Perú21 revealed that 60% of Peruvians consider that there should not be so many holidays because it harms the economy and education. The head of the Institute of Business Development Economics (Iedep) of the Lima Chamber of Commerce (CCL), Oscar Chávez, explained that, according to figures from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR), an additional holiday reduces the rate by 0.04 percentage points. annual growth.
The most affected sectors, as explained, are mining and hydrocarbons, manufacturing, construction, financial services and government services, which contribute 41% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Meanwhile, those who benefit are accommodation, restaurants, transportation and commerce, but the CCL representative explained that their contribution reaches 19% of GDP.
“Furthermore, so many holidays They have a greater impact on microenterprises that already have low income. Today it is projected that the Peruvian economy will grow 3%, if they add one more holiday the advance will be 2.96%,” he highlighted.
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MORE FREE DAYS
As if 16 holidays were not enough, in Congress there is an opinion approved by the Labor Commission that establishes “holiday bridge days” with the supposed purpose of promoting domestic tourism.
In this way, the following days are declared bank holidays:
-On Mondays of the year when the Tuesday immediately following is a holiday.
-On Fridays of the year when the immediately preceding Thursday is a holiday.
-Mondays and Tuesdays when the Wednesday immediately following is a holiday.
For the public sector, these long weekend days will be compensable non-working days, while for the private sector it will depend on an agreement between the employer and its workers.
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