Mieres denies that solidarity wages are a factor for the recovery of employment

“It seems to me a mistake by those who proposed this analysis to tarnish an achievement that belongs to the entire country, which is the recovery of employment with respect to the pandemic, trying to mix it with a very punctual policy.“, he added.

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As part of the celebration of the 20 years of the @pindependentthe Minister of Labor and Social Security, @Pablo_Mieresreferred last night to the job opportunity program that involves 10,000 people and expires on October 31. pic.twitter.com/wkaXH49rgY

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Last Tuesday The Observer published that a report from the Congress of Mayors stated that sIf it weren’t for the 10,000 jobs created by the Job Opportunity program –better known as solidarity wages– from July, the number of new jobs registered by the Social Security Bank at the end of September would have shown red numbers. The report of Congress it was written by the former head of the Office of Planning and Budget (OPP), Pedro Apezteguía – who today is an adviser to the communal chiefs of the Broad Front – and the sociologist Rosario González, adviser on technical matters as a UNDP contract.

This wave of new contributors led to that figure increasing by 7,980 in the last month compared to the June numbersbut the balance would have been negative in the absence of the program, adds the report.

The consultant González indicated that Solidarity wages are once again “relevant” today, after having been “losing strength” as a “direct effect” among new contributors that each month showed a country that was coming out of the economic resentments of the pandemic. “The program once again plays a central role on contributors and has an impact on a departmental scale”states in the conclusions of the internal report to which he agreed The Observer.