The President Pedro Castillo announced yesterday morning that “as of December, no formal worker will earn less than S / 1,000 per month,” thus anticipating the increase in Minimum Vital Remuneration (RMV), which is currently at S / 930.
In the afternoon, the president of the Peru Pyme Association, Ana María Choquehuanca, regretted the announcement because there are more companies that are closing “due to the labor and tax burden.”
“This Government does not consider that the dollar is rising, that there are higher labor costs. The companies do not finish paying their obligations and the situation of the Peruvian mypes seems to be indifferent in the eyes of the Government, ”he told Peru21.
On the other hand, the laborist Ricardo Herrera considered that the proposal would be “populist” and would go against the reactivation of the economy.
“There is a study by the Central Reserve Bank, from a few years ago, which indicates that for each sun of increase in the RMV, 910 workers leave the payroll,” he said.
Countermarches
But at the end of the afternoon, Castillo said on Twitter and assured that the rise in the RMV would actually consist of a subsidy: “No formal worker in a vulnerable situation will earn less than S / 1,000 per month since December. As we announced during the presentation of the General Government Policy, They will be paid a subsidy of S / 70, thus temporarily increasing the minimum salary they receive”.
After the clarification (or confusion) generated by the president, this newspaper learned that the Executive summoned union and union representatives to a session of the National Labor Council (CNT), which would take place this weekend. In this instance, the increase in RMV is evaluated.
Keep in mind
-Percy Krapp, from the CCL Small Business Association, said in Peru21TV that an increase in the RMV would imply putting “a burden on that (entrepreneur) who is with water around his neck.”
