The repeal of the labor regime of the workers of the non-traditional exportas provided by an opinion of the Labor Commission of Parliament, endangers three million jobs (both direct and indirect), assured the president of the Association of Exporters (Adex), Julio Pérez.
The opinion, approved last week, also raises the indeterminate contracting of workers who have worked for five years.
In statements to Peru21, the representative of the business union stated that 50 years ago non-traditional shipments totaled US$125 million, five years ago US$5.285 million and by 2022 they exceeded US$18 billion. “This type of law (special regimes) helps to generate more work for the country. Peru lacks greater competitiveness and the current norm generates that competitiveness that is required ”, he assured.
He also pointed out that the repeal of the regime has a “populist” purpose that the only thing it will achieve is that more workers go into the informal sector.
The president of Adex highlighted that a bad moment has been chosen to talk about the subject, taking into account the social conflict and the economic crisis that this has generated, which has not made it possible to recover adequate employment.
Julio Pérez recently met with the Minister of Labor and Employment Promotion, Alfonso Adrianzén, to express, among other things, his concern about the ruling that he hopes will not prosper in the Plenary Session of Congress.
For ComexPerú, the Legislative initiative is a disincentive for hiring more people and even for new investments.
“If it continues down that path (of repeal), the Commission (Labor) should be renamed the Informality and Unemployment Commission,” said the union.
The sectors hardest hit with the elimination of the special regime, ComexPeru specified, would be agro-industrial, fishing and manufacturing, especially textiles and clothing.
